cauto
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);
abl. sg.dat. sg. - Entry →cauto:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Age:
- Medieval
cautiously; with security/precautions, without risk; circumspectly, carefully;
- 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;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.abl. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. 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;
abl. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.)
Examples
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...lenoniumst. CAL. Egon patri surrupere possim quicquam, tam cauto seni? atque adeo, si facere possim, pietas prohibet..."Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...addecet nequam homines, ita sunt. sed eo magis cauto est opus, ne huc exeat qui male me mulcet..."Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...orationem docte divisit suam, ut sublinitur os custodi cauto, conservo meo. nimis beat quod commeatus transtinet trans parietem..."Mercator
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Auscultabitur. DEM. Ibo ad portum. ne hic resciscat, cauto opust: non ipse emam, sed Lysimacho amico mandabo..."Cistellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...tamen ibo et persequar: amens ne quid faciat, cauto opust. postremo, quando aequa lege pauperi cum divite..."Captivi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...tuom esse servom assimulo, tamen viso opust, cauto est opus, ut hoc sobrie sineque arbitris accurate agatur, docte..."Liber V
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...titulo fortitudinis latet, moderatio vocatur ignavia, pro cauto timidus accipitur. In his magno periculo erramus: his certas notas..."Ars Amatoria II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...Pectora nec missis iubeo praebere sagittis; Artis erunt cauto mollia iussa meae. Cede repugnanti: cedendo victor abibis..."
