Cadius
Latin
[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈka.di.us/, [ˈkäd̪iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈka.di.us/, [ˈkäːd̪ius]
Proper noun
[edit]Cadius m sg (genitive Cadiī or Cadī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name", famously held by:
- Cadius Rufus, a Roman man killed by Agrippina
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Cadius |
| genitive | Cadiī Cadī1 |
| dative | Cadiō |
| accusative | Cadium |
| ablative | Cadiō |
| vocative | Cadī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
[edit]- “Rufus, Cadius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray