cauti
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cautum, cauti:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
- Field:
- Military
provisions (pl.) (of a law); concern (Ecc);
gen. sg.loc. sg. - 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;
gen. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. 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;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (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.
Examples
Liber XII
Aulus Gellius
"...ἀκοινονόητοι' inquit 'homines estis, cum ignoratis prudentis et cauti patrisfamilias esse, quod emere uelit, empturum sese negare propter..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...nunc mortales, et magnis cogitationibus pectora implete. Ite cauti, et opes fraudibus captas per mille annos disponite. Nempe..."Liber IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...brevi, et tralatione atque aliis tropis, quae omnia cauti illi ac diligentes prohibent, utemur interim, nisi cui divina..."Liber I
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...Canes et Corcodilli Consilia qui dant prava cautis hominibuset perdunt operam et deridentur turpiter.Canes currentes bibere in Nilo..."Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...custodia caro arcet ab amplexu, nec cauti cura mariti, non patris asperitas, non se negat ipsa roganti..."Ars Amatoria II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...bene compositos, hoc firmos solvit amores; Crimina sunt cautis ista timenda viris. Nec mea vos uni damnat censura..."Liber XXXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...consilii caperent, cuius, dum in futurum nimis cauti et prouidi essent, extemplo paeniteret, dimisit. haec renuntiata Pheras legatio..."Liber XI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...ignaviam, Callistus prioris quoque regiae peritus et potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius haberi: perstitit Narcissus, solum..."
