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Latin
Etymology
From caedere, caedō (“to fell”) + -uus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
caeduus (feminine caedua, neuter caeduum); first/second-declension adjective
- that can be cut down, fellable
- locus silvōsus ac caeduus ― place full of trees that can be felled
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
References
- “caeduus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934) “caeduus”, in Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary] (in French), Hachette.