caveo, cavere, cavi, cautus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
beware, avoid, take precautions/defensive action; give/get surety; stipulate;
Conjugations
Finite Forms
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | caveo | cavemus |
| 2 | caves | cavetis |
| 3 | cavet | cavent |
Infinitives
| Voice | Tense | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| active | present | cavere |
| active | perfect | cavisse |
| passive | present | caveri |
Imperatives
active
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | cave | cavete |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | caveto | cavetote |
| 3 | caveto | cavento |
passive
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | cavere | cavemini |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | cavetor | — |
| 3 | cavetor | caventor |
Participles
Perfect Passive Participle
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 | — |
Gerundive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | cavendus | — |
| Gen. | cavendi | — |
| Dat. | cavendo | — |
| Acc. | cavendum | — |
| Voc. | cavende | — |
| Abl. | cavendo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | cavenda | — |
| Gen. | cavendae | — |
| Dat. | cavendae | — |
| Acc. | cavendam | — |
| Voc. | cavenda | — |
| Abl. | cavenda | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | cavendum | — |
| Gen. | cavendi | — |
| Dat. | cavendo | — |
| Acc. | cavendum | — |
| Voc. | cavendum | — |
| Abl. | cavendo | — |
Supines
accusative: cautum; ablative: cautu
Examples
- T
Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...sapio, si aps te modo uno caveo. TR. Tecum sentio. TH. Nunc abi rus, dic me advenisse filio..." - T
Menaechmi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...tibi est cum uxore, eo mi abs te caveo cautius. MEN. Clam uxoremst ubi pulchre habeamus atque hunc..." - P
Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...atqui tu hanc iocari credis? faciet nisi caveo. BA. dormiunt: ego pol istos commovebo. mea Phrygia, audisti modo..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...pubes." Dum haec ago curaque sollerti deposito meo caveo, intravit delubrum anus laceratis crinibus nigraque veste deformis, extraque..." - P
Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...iram, contemptuque dolens, ne sim spernenda futuris, exemplo caveo meque ipsa exhortor in ambos: templa, deum Matri quae..." - G
Liber VI
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...contra commodum tuum facias; qua pactione invicem mihi caveo. Neque enim mare et litus, sed te otium libertatem..."