caesim

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-der.

Proto-Italic *kaidō

Latin caedō

Latin -tim

Latin caesim

From caedō (“to cut, hew”) + -tim.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkae̯.sĩː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛː.s̬im]

Adverb

caesim (not comparable)

1. by cutting, with cuts
2. (military) with the edge

   Antonym: pūnctim

3. in short clauses

References

• “caesim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “caesim”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “caesim”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.