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Latin
Etymology
Attested since at least the mid-12th century; formed as: cauda (“tail”) + -ātus (suffix forming adjectives from nouns).
Pronunciation
Adjective
caudātus (feminine caudāta, neuter caudātum); first/second-declension adjective
- (Medieval Latin) tailed, caudate (having or provided with a tail)
- (Medieval Latin, of (hand)writing or script) lengthened, extended, elongated
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- caudatus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Jan Frederik Niermeyer, Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus : Lexique Latin Médiéval–Français/Anglais : A Medieval Latin–French/English Dictionary, fascicle I (1976), page 159/1, “caudatus”