cacabus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κάκκαβος (kákkabos), a loanword ultimately of Semitic or Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkaː.ka.bus/, [ˈkaː.ka.bʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ka.bus/, [ˈkaː.ka.bus]
• Hyphenation: cā‧ca‧bus

Noun

cācabus m (genitive cācabī); second declension

1. cooking pot

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cācabus	cācabī
Genitive	cācabī	cācabōrum
Dative	cācabō	cācabīs
Accusative	cācabum	cācabōs
Ablative	cācabō	cācabīs
Vocative	cācabe	cācabī

Derived terms

• cācabāceus
• cācabātus
• cācabulus
• *cacculus

Descendants

• Old Leonese:
  • Asturian: cácabu
• Old Spanish:
  • Spanish: cácabo
• → Old High German: chachala
  • Alemannic German: Chachele
  • German: Kachel

References

• cacabus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cacabus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• cacabus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette