cautus, cauta -um, cautior -or -us, cautissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
cautious/careful; circumspect, prudent; wary, on guard; safe/secure; made safe;
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | cautus | cauti |
| Gen. | cauti | cautorum |
| Dat. | cauto | — |
| Acc. | cautum | cautos |
| Voc. | caute | cauti |
| Abl. | cauto | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | cauta | cautae |
| Gen. | cautae | cautarum |
| Dat. | cautae | — |
| Acc. | cautam | cautas |
| Voc. | cauta | cautae |
| Abl. | cauta | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | cautum | cauta |
| Gen. | cauti | cautorum |
| Dat. | cauto | — |
| Acc. | cautum | cauta |
| Voc. | cautum | cauta |
| Abl. | cauto | — |
comparative
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | cautius | cautiora |
| Gen. | cautioris | — |
| Acc. | cautius | cautiora |
| Voc. | cautius | cautiora |
superlative
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | cautissimus | cautissimi |
| Gen. | cautissimi | cautissimorum |
| Dat. | cautissimo | — |
| Acc. | cautissimum | cautissimos |
| Voc. | cautissime | cautissimi |
| Abl. | cautissimo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | cautissima | cautissimae |
| Gen. | cautissimae | cautissimarum |
| Dat. | cautissimae | — |
| Acc. | cautissimam | cautissimas |
| Voc. | cautissima | cautissimae |
| Abl. | cautissima | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | cautissimum | cautissima |
| Gen. | cautissimi | cautissimorum |
| Dat. | cautissimo | — |
| Acc. | cautissimum | cautissima |
| Voc. | cautissimum | cautissima |
| Abl. | cautissimo | — |
Examples
- D
Satura VII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...urbem a Cannis, an post nimbos et fulmina cautus circumagat madidas a tempestate cohortes. quantum uis stipulare..." - D
Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...ferro, si praegustarit Atrides Pontica ter uicti cautus medicamina regis..." Liber VIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...fuit Autolyci tam piperata manus. Hunc tu conuiuam cautus seruare memento: tunc furit atque oculo luscus utroque uidet..."Liber II
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...incipiat positus quam tepuisse calix. Esse tibi tanta cautus breuitate uideris? Ei mihi, quam multis sic quoque longus..."- L
Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...metuo: uos facitis mihi Atrea timendum. TANTALVS: Decipi cautus times? THYESTES: Serum est cauendi tempus in mediis malis..." - L
Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...Spartanos (genus est audax auidumque ferae) nodo cautus propiore liga: ueniet tempus, cum latratu caua saxa sonent. nunc..." 
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...neque enim tantos ausim revocare paratus—, i cautus, nec vana Thetin timuisse memento, i felix nosterque redi! nimis..."- P
Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...carinae, communemque prius ceu lumina solis et auras cautus humum longo signavit limite mensor. nec tantum segetes alimentaque..."