caute
Dictionary entries
- Entry →caveo, cavere, cavi, cautus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
beware, avoid, take precautions/defensive action; give/get surety; stipulate;
voc. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →cautus, cauta -um, cautior -or -us, cautissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
cautious/careful; circumspect, prudent; wary, on guard; safe/secure; made safe;
voc. sg. (m.) - Entry →cautes, cautis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
rough pointed/detached rock, loose stone; rocks (pl.), cliff, crag; reef;
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg. - Entry →caute, cautius, cautissime:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
cautiously; with security/precautions, without risk; circumspectly, carefully;
Examples
- T
Curculio
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...intestabilis. Phaed. Quid istuc est verbi? Pal. Caute ut incedas via: quod amas amato testibus praesentibus. Phaed. Quin..." - M
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...angues. illa sub Hesperiis stantem Titana columnis in cautes Atlanta dedit; caeloque timente olim Phlegraeo stantis serpente gigantas..." - M
Liber VIII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...laeuum puppim dedit, utque secaretquas Asinae cautes et quas Chios asperat undas 195hos dedit in proram, tenet..." - M
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...insula, colli. 25terribiles ratibus sustentant moenia cautes,Ioniumque furens, rapido cum tollitur Austro,templa domosque quatit, spumatque..." - M
Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...sequitur tardata ratis, sed tertia moleshaesit et ad cautes adducto fune secuta est.inpendent caua saxa mari, ruituraque semper..." - M
Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Phasidos undas, 715Cyaneas tellus emisit in aequora cautes; rapta puppe minor subducta est montibus Argo uanaque percussit pontum..." - A
Liber XX
Aulus Gellius
"...quam videmus? Acerbitas plerumque ulciscendi maleficii bene atque caute vivendi disciplinast. LIV. Historia de Metto Fufetio Albano nobis..." - T
Trinummus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...genere summo, amico atque aequali meo, minus qui caute et cogitate suam rem tractavit, pater, bene volo..."
