caducus

Latin

Etymology

From cadō (“I fall”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /kaˈduː.kus/

Adjective

cadūcus m (feminine cadūca, neuter cadūcum); first/second declension

1. That falls or has fallen, falling, collapsing, drooping.
2. That easily falls, inclined to fall
3. Devoted to death, destined to die, doomed.
4. (figuratively) Frail, fleeting, perishable, transitory; vain, futile.
5. (law) Lapsed, vacant, escheatable, caducary.

Inflection

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	cadūcus	cadūca	cadūcum		cadūcī	cadūcae	cadūca
genitive	cadūcī	cadūcae	cadūcī		cadūcōrum	cadūcārum	cadūcōrum
dative	cadūcō	cadūcae	cadūcō		cadūcīs	cadūcīs	cadūcīs
accusative	cadūcum	cadūcam	cadūcum		cadūcōs	cadūcās	cadūca
ablative	cadūcō	cadūcā	cadūcō		cadūcīs	cadūcīs	cadūcīs
vocative	cadūce	cadūca	cadūcum		cadūcī	cadūcae	cadūca

Derived terms

• cadūcārius
• cadūciter
• cadūcum

Related terms

• cadō

Descendants

Catalan: caduc English: caducous French: caduc

Italian: caduco Portuguese: caduco Spanish: caduco