cautum

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Latin

Etymology

Substantivisation of cautus (protected, guaranteed, stipulated), past participle of caveō.

Pronunciation

Noun

cautum n (genitive cautī); second declension

  1. (law, chiefly in the plural) provisions (of a law)
  2. (law) a decree
    • c. 69 CE – 122 CE, Suetonius, De Vita Caesarum 1 10:
      ; nam cum multiplici undique familia conparata inimicos exterruisset, cautum est de numero gladiatorum, quo ne maiorem cuiquam habere Romae liceret.
      ; for he (Caesar) had finally mustered such a great host of them from all parts; of which, his enemies being in great fear, made the senate rule by decree the number of gladiators one might keep beside him in Rome.
  3. (Medieval Latin) protected territory, district subject to an immunity

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative cautum cauta
genitive cautī cautōrum
dative cautō cautīs
accusative cautum cauta
ablative cautō cautīs
vocative cautum cauta

Adjective

cautum

  1. inflection of cautus:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    2. accusative masculine singular

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