Caratacus

English

Alternative forms

• Caractacus

Etymology

From Latin Caratacus. Doublet of Caradog, Caradoc, Cedric, Craddock, Cradock, McCarthy, and McCarty.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈrætəkəs/

Proper noun

Caratacus

1. A 1st-century AD British chieftain of the Catuvellauni tribe, who resisted the Roman conquest of Britain.

Latin

Alternative forms

• Caractacus

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *Karatākos

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈra.ta.kus/, [käˈrät̪äkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈra.ta.kus/, [käˈräːt̪äkus]

Proper noun

Caratacus m sg (genitive Caratacī); second declension

1. A 1st-century AD British chieftain of the Catuvellauni tribe, who resisted the Roman conquest of Britain.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Caratacus
genitive	Caratacī
dative	Caratacō
accusative	Caratacum
ablative	Caratacō
vocative	Caratace

References

• Caratacus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.