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cacophaton

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Latin

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Noun

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cacophaton n (genitive cacophatī); second declension

  1. cacophony (union of two or more disagreeable sounds which form an equivocal word or expression)

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

singular plural
nominative cacophaton cacophata
genitive cacophatī cacophatōrum
dative cacophatō cacophatīs
accusative cacophaton cacophata
ablative cacophatō cacophatīs
vocative cacophaton cacophata

References

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