causticus

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καυστικός (kaustikós).

Pronunciation

Adjective

causticus (feminine caustica, neuter causticum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. burning, caustic, corrosive

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative causticus caustica causticum causticī causticae caustica
genitive causticī causticae causticī causticōrum causticārum causticōrum
dative causticō causticae causticō causticīs
accusative causticum causticam causticum causticōs causticās caustica
ablative causticō causticā causticō causticīs
vocative caustice caustica causticum causticī causticae caustica

Descendants

Descendants

References

  • “causticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • causticus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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