caveo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *skeue (“to perceive, pay attention”), see also Sanskrit कवि (“wise, poet, seer, sage”), Lithuanian kavoti (“safeguard, tend”), Armenian ցուցանեմ (“I show”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈka.we.oː/

Verb

present active caveō, present infinitive cavēre, perfect active cāvī, supine cautum.

1. I beware, avoid, take care.

   Caveat emptor.

   May the buyer beware.

   • 1st cent. CE, Gaius Petronius Arbiter, Satyricon, chapter XXIX

     Cave canem.

     Beware of the dog.

2. I am aware of; guard against, prevent.
3. (law) I take care for, order, decree, stipulate.
4. (with ab) I procure bail or surety from.
5. I make someone secure by bail or surety; pledge.

Inflection

Second Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	caveō	cavēs	cavet	cavēmus	cavētis	cavent
	future	cavēbō	cavēbis	cavēbit	cavēbimus	cavēbitis	cavēbunt
	imperfect	cavēbam	cavēbās	cavēbat	cavēbāmus	cavēbātis	cavēbant
	perfect	cāvī	cāvistī	cāvit	cāvimus	cāvistis	cāvērunt
	future perfect	cāverō	cāveris	cāverit	cāverimus	cāveritis	cāverint
	pluperfect	cāveram	cāverās	cāverat	cāverāmus	cāverātis	cāverant
passive	present	caveor	cavēris	cavētur	cavēmur	cavēminī	caventur
	future	cavēbor	cavēberis	cavēbitur	cavēbimur	cavēbiminī	cavēbuntur
	imperfect	cavēbar	cavēbāris	cavēbātur	cavēbāmur	cavēbāminī	cavēbantur
	perfect	Use cautus m, cauta f, cautum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use cautus m, cauta f, cautum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use cautus m, cauta f, cautum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	caveam	caveās	caveat	caveāmus	caveātis	caveant
	imperfect	cavērem	cavērēs	cavēret	cavērēmus	cavērētis	cavērent
	perfect	cāverim	cāverīs	cāverit	cāverīmus	cāverītis	cāverint
	pluperfect	cāvissem	cāvissēs	cāvisset	cāvissēmus	cāvissētis	cāvissent
passive	present	cavear	caveāris	caveātur	caveāmur	caveāminī	caveantur
	imperfect	cavērer	cavērēris	cavērētur	cavērēmur	cavērēminī	cavērentur
	perfect	Use cautus m, cauta f, cautum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use cautus m, cauta f, cautum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	cavē	cavētō	cavētō	cavēre	cavētor	cavētor
	plural	cavēte	cavētōte	caventō	cavēminī	—	caventor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cavēre	cāvisse	cautūrus esse	cavērī	cautus esse	cautum īrī
participles		cavēns (caventis)	—	cautūrus-ra, -rum	—	cautus-a, -um	cavendus-nda, -ndum

Derived terms

cautē cautēla cautim cautiō

cautor cautulus cautus praecaveō

Related terms

• cautiōnālis