cacophaton

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Latin[edit]

Noun[edit]

cacophaton n (genitive cacophatī); second declension

  1. cacophony (union of two or more disagreeable sounds which form an equivocal word or expression)

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cacophaton cacophata
Genitive cacophatī cacophatōrum
Dative cacophatō cacophatīs
Accusative cacophaton cacophata
Ablative cacophatō cacophatīs
Vocative cacophaton cacophata

References[edit]

  • cacophaton”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cacophaton in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.