Kaeso

Latin

Alternative forms

• K. (abbreviation)
• Caeso

Etymology

Roman writers described the name as either coming from caesius (“blue-grey”), describing eyes, or from caedere (“to cut”). More at Kaeso.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkae̯.soː/, [ˈkäe̯s̠oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈke.so/, [ˈkɛːs̬o]

Proper noun

Kaesō m sg (genitive Kaesōnis); third declension

1. A masculine praenomen, mainly used by the Fabii, the Quinctii and the Duili.

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Kaesō
genitive	Kaesōnis
dative	Kaesōnī
accusative	Kaesōnem
ablative	Kaesōne
vocative	Kaesō

Further reading

• “Kaeso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Kaeso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.