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Latin
Etymology
From past participle stem of cavēre.
Pronunciation
Adjective
cautus (feminine cauta, neuter cautum, comparative cautior, superlative cautissimus, adverb cautē or cautim); first/second-declension adjective
- cautious, careful
- Synonyms: intentus, attentus, intēnsus, ērēctus
- Antonym: incautus
- circumspect, prudent
- wary
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- “cautus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cautus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cautus 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)
- cautus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “cautus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 547