cado

See also: Ĉado

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ado

Verb

cado

1. first-person singular present indicative of cadere

Anagrams

• coda

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kadō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d- (“to fall”).

Compare Old Armenian ցածնում (cʿacnum), Old Irish casar (“hail, lightning”), Breton kazerc'h, Cornish keser.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.doː/

Verb

cadō (present infinitive cadere, perfect active cecidī, supine cāsum); third conjugation

1. I fall
2. I die
3. I cease
4. I decay
5. (impersonal) It happens, occurs, befalls, comes to pass

Inflection

Conjugation of cado (third conjugation, impersonal in passive)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cadō	cadis	cadit	cadimus	caditis	cadunt
	imperfect	cadēbam	cadēbās	cadēbat	cadēbāmus	cadēbātis	cadēbant
	future	cadam	cadēs	cadet	cadēmus	cadētis	cadent
	perfect	cecidī	cecidistī	cecidit	cecidimus	cecidistis	cecidērunt, cecidēre
	pluperfect	cecideram	ceciderās	ceciderat	ceciderāmus	ceciderātis	ceciderant
	future perfect	ceciderō	cecideris	ceciderit	ceciderimus	cecideritis	ceciderint
passive	present	—	—	caditur	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	cadēbātur	—	—	—
	future	—	—	cadētur	—	—	—
	perfect	cāsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cāsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cāsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cadam	cadās	cadat	cadāmus	cadātis	cadant
	imperfect	caderem	caderēs	caderet	caderēmus	caderētis	caderent
	perfect	ceciderim	ceciderīs	ceciderit	ceciderīmus	ceciderītis	ceciderint
	pluperfect	cecidissem	cecidissēs	cecidisset	cecidissēmus	cecidissētis	cecidissent
passive	present	—	—	cadātur	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	caderētur	—	—	—
	perfect	cāsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cāsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cade	—	—	cadite	—
	future	—	caditō	caditō	—	caditōte	caduntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cadere	cecidisse	cāsūrus esse	cadī	cāsus esse	—
participles		cadēns	—	cāsūrus	—	cāsus	cadendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		cadere	cadendī	cadendō	cadendum	cāsum	cāsū

Derived terms

• accidō
• cadāver
• *cadeō (Vulgar Latin)
• cadūcus
• cassō
• concidō
• dēcidō
• excidō
• incidō
• intercidō
• occidō
• prōcidō
• recidō
• succidō

Descendants

• Aromanian: cad, cãdeari
• Aragonese: cayer
• Asturian: cayer
• Catalan: caure
• Corsican: cade
• Dalmatian: cadar
• English: cadence
• Extremaduran: cael
• Franco-Provençal: chêre
• French: choir
• Friulian: cjadê, čhadê
• Istriot: caì
• Italian: cadere
• Leonese: cayere
• Neapolitan: cadè
• Occitan: caire, càder, càser
• Old Portuguese: caer
• Old Provençal: chazer
• Portuguese: cair
• Romanian: cădea, cădere
• Sicilian: càdiri, càriri, cadiri
• Spanish: caer
• Venetian: caièr

References

• cado in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cado in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “cado” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the wind dies down, ceases: ventus cadit, cessat
    
  • to fall to the earth: in terram cadere, decidere
    
  • to come within the sphere of the senses: sub sensum or sub oculos, sub aspectum cadere
    
  • whatever happens; in any case: utcumque res ceciderit
    
  • what will be the issue, end, consequence of the matter: quorsum haec res cadet or evadet?
    
  • the result has surprised me; I was not prepared for this development: res aliter cecidit ac putaveram
    
  • it is incompatible with the nature of a wise man; the wise are superior to such things: hoc in sapientem non cadit
    
  • to suffer reproof; to be criticised, blamed: in vituperationem, reprehensionem cadere, incidere, venire
    
  • a subject becomes matter for reflection: aliquid cadit in deliberationem (Off. 1. 3. 9)
    
  • to be at variance with: in controversiam cadere
    
  • the point at issue: id, de quo agitur or id quod cadit in controversiam
    
  • to have a rhythmical cadence: numerose cadere
    
  • a piece is a failure, falls flat: fabula cadit
    
  • his style has a well-balanced cadence: oratio numerose cadit
    
  • this word ends in a long syllable: haec vox longa syllaba terminatur, in longam syllabam cadit, exit
    
  • their courage is ebbing: animi cadunt
    
  • to lose courage; to despair: animo cadere, deficere
    
  • expectation is overthrown: spes ad irritum cadit, ad irritum redigitur
    
  • a suspicion falls on some one: suspicio (alicuius rei) cadit in aliquem, pertinet ad aliquem
    
  • to become the object of suspicion: in suspicionem vocari, cadere
    
  • it is my custom: aliquid cadit in meam consuetudinem
    
  • to lose one's case: causā or lite cadere (owing to some informality)
    
  • about a hundred of our men fell: nostri circiter centum ceciderunt
    
  • this can be said of..., applies to..: hoc cadit in aliquid
    
  • (ambiguous) affairs are desperate; we are reduced to extremeties: res ad extremum casum perducta est
    
• cado in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016