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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κάδος (kádos, “jar”).
Noun
cadus m (genitive cadī); second declension
- bottle, jar, jug
- a measure for liquids containing three "urnas", or ~39 liters.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “cadus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cadus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cadus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “cadus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “cadus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin