Caesar

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See also: caesar, Cäsar, and Cæsar

English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin Caesar. Displaced Old English cāsere, which would have yielded *caser, *coser, and Middle English keiser, kaiser, from Old Norse and continental Germanic languages. All ultimately from the same Latin root. (See also Kaiser.)[1]

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Caesar

  1. An ancient Roman family name, notably that of Julius Caesar.
  2. (figuratively) The government; society; earthly powers.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 22:21:
      Render therefore vnto Ceſar, the things which are Ceſars: and vnto God, the things that are Gods.
    • 1861, David Page, The past and present life of the globe, page 9:
      let it be clearly understood that we are dealing with Life solely in its geological aspects. We appeal unto Caesar; let us be judged by Caesar’s laws.
    • 1957, Awake, volume 38, number 14, page 6:
      Caesar may discriminate unjustly against certain races. Christians are not to take issue with Caesar's laws on such matters and flout them, but should submit.
    • 2003, Carol Kammen, On Doing Local History, page 76:
      It is the story of churches that split apart over this issue and of ministers finding ways to justify the return of slaves because they were under the aegis of the laws of Caesar, not the laws of God.
    • 2012, Christopher Buckley, God Is My Broker‎[1]:
      But I know that Caesar's laws have been broken, and someone has to pay. I'm your man. These are good monks. If they committed any crime, it was to believe in me.

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Noun[edit]

Caesar (plural Caesars)

  1. A title of Roman emperors.
  2. An absolute ruler; an autocrat.
  3. Abbreviation of Caesar salad.
  4. (Canada) A Bloody Caesar cocktail.
  5. (medicine, colloquial) Short for Caesarean section.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ “Caesar”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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Caesar m anim (related adjective Caesarův)

  1. Caesar (ancient Roman family name)

Declension[edit]

Declension of Caesar (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative Caesar Caesarové
genitive Caesara Caesarů
dative Caesarovi, Caesaru Caesarům
accusative Caesara Caesary
vocative Caesare Caesarové
locative Caesarovi, Caesaru Caesarech
instrumental Caesarem Caesary

German[edit]

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  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɛːzaʁ] (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡seːzaʁ] (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
  • Hyphenation: Cae‧sar
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Noun[edit]

Caesar m (weak, genitive Caesaren, plural Caesaren)

  1. Alternative spelling of Cäsar

Declension[edit]

Declension of Caesar [masculine, weak]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Caesar die Caesaren
genitive eines des Caesaren der Caesaren
dative einem dem Caesaren den Caesaren
accusative einen den Caesaren die Caesaren

Further reading[edit]

  • “Caesar” in Duden online
  • “Caesar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unknown. Etymology was subject to many interpretations in antiquity, all of which remain doubtful. Among these are:

  • From the "Moorish" (usually held to be Punic) word for “elephant”. This etymology was endorsed by Julius Caesar himself, thereby following the claims of his family that they inherited the cognomen from an ancestor, who had received the name after killing an elephant, possibly during the first Punic war.
  • From the phrase a caesiis oculis ("because of the blue eyes"): Caesar's eyes were black, but since the despotic dictator Sulla had had blue eyes, this interpretation might have been created as part of the anti-Caesarian propaganda in order to present Caesar as a tyrant.
  • From the phrase a caesariē ("because of the hair"): Since Caesar was balding, this interpretation might have been part of the anti-Caesarian mockery.
  • From the phrase a caeso matris utero ("born by Caesarean section"): In theory this might go back to an unknown Julian ancestor who was born in this way. On the other hand, it could also have been part of the anti-Caesarian propaganda.
  • From the verb caedō (“to cut”), in the argument of the Julians for receiving a sodality of the Lupercalia. The praenomen Kaeso (or Caeso) was best known from the Quinctii and the Fabii, possibly derived from their ritual duty of striking with the goat-skin at the luperci Quinctiales and the luperci Fabiani.

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Caesar m (genitive Caesaris); third declension

  1. a Roman cognomen of the gens Iulia, notably that of Gaius Iulius Caesar

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Caesar Caesarēs
Genitive Caesaris Caesarum
Dative Caesarī Caesaribus
Accusative Caesarem Caesarēs
Ablative Caesare Caesaribus
Vocative Caesar Caesarēs

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References[edit]

  • “Caesar”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Caesar in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Caesar in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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Caesar c (genitive Caesars)

  1. a male given name from Latin Caesar, of rare usage
  2. Roman cognomen, especially referring to Gaius Julius Caesar
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