cautes

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. Said to be from a Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₃- (“to sharpen”), with Latin catus (“clever, cunning”), cōs (“whetstone”), cuneus (“wedge”) and Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “cone”), but the formation is unexplained. More likely a substrate word.

Noun

cautēs f (genitive cautis); third declension

  1. A rough, pointed rock

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cautēs cautēs
Genitive cautis cautium
Dative cautī cautibus
Accusative cautem cautēs
cautīs
Ablative caute cautibus
Vocative cautēs cautēs

References
  • “cautēs”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “cautes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cautes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Pisani, Vittore (1954), “Lat. cautēs, toch. B kauc A koc”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der Indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume 72. 1./2., →DOI, pages 95–97
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