caesus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of caedō.

Participle

caesus (feminine caesa, neuter caesum, adverb caesim); first/second-declension participle

1. cut, hewn, felled
2. struck, beaten
3. killed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	caesus	caesa	caesum		caesī	caesae	caesa
Genitive	caesī	caesae	caesī		caesōrum	caesārum	caesōrum
Dative	caesō		caesō		caesīs
Accusative	caesum	caesam	caesum		caesōs	caesās	caesa
Ablative	caesō	caesā	caesō		caesīs
Vocative	caese	caesa	caesum		caesī	caesae	caesa

Descendants

• English: chisel
• French: ciseau
• Spanish: cinzel
• Spanish: cincel

References

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