cautus

Latin

Etymology

From past participle stem of cavēre.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkau̯.tus/, [ˈkäu̯t̪ʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkau̯.tus/, [ˈkäːu̯t̪us]

Adjective

cautus (feminine cauta, neuter cautum, comparative cautior, superlative cautissimus, adverb cautē or cautim); first/second-declension adjective

cautious, careful
Synonyms: intentus, attentus, intēnsus, ērēctus

Antonym: incautus
circumspect, prudent
wary

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	cautus	cauta	cautum	cautī	cautae	cauta
Genitive	cautī	cautae	cautī	cautōrum	cautārum	cautōrum
Dative	cautō	cautae	cautō	cautīs
Accusative	cautum	cautam	cautum	cautōs	cautās	cauta
Ablative	cautō	cautā	cautō	cautīs
Vocative	caute	cauta	cautum	cautī	cautae	cauta

Descendants

Friulian: tśot
Galician: couto
Old Norman: cault, chault
Old Occitan: caut
Portuguese: couto, coito
Sicilian: cotu
Spanish: coto
→ Albanian: kujdes
→ Catalan: caut
→ Basque: kautu
→ French: caut (obsolescent)
→ Italian: cauto
→ Portuguese: cauto
→ Spanish: cauto

References

“cautus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“cautus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
cautus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
cautus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “cautus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 547

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