caesum

Latin

Etymology

From the supine form of caedo (“I cut, strike, kill”).

Noun

caesum n (genitive caesī); second declension

1. comma
2. pause, stop
3. killing, slaughter

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	caesum	caesa
genitive	caesī	caesōrum
dative	caesō	caesīs
accusative	caesum	caesa
ablative	caesō	caesīs
vocative	caesum	caesa

Participle

caesum

1. inflection of caesus:
   1. nominative/accusative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

References

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