caudatus

Latin

Etymology

Attested since at least the mid-12th century; formed as: cauda (“tail”) +‎ -ātus (suffix forming adjectives from nouns).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kau̯ˈdaː.tus/, [käu̯ˈd̪äːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kau̯ˈda.tus/, [käu̯ˈd̪äːt̪us]

Adjective

caudātus (feminine caudāta, neuter caudātum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Medieval Latin) tailed, caudate (having or provided with a tail)
2. (Medieval Latin, of (hand)writing or script) lengthened, extended, elongated

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	caudātus	caudāta	caudātum		caudātī	caudātae	caudāta
genitive	caudātī	caudātae	caudātī		caudātōrum	caudātārum	caudātōrum
dative	caudātō	caudātae	caudātō		caudātīs
accusative	caudātum	caudātam	caudātum		caudātōs	caudātās	caudāta
ablative	caudātō	caudātā	caudātō		caudātīs
vocative	caudāte	caudāta	caudātum		caudātī	caudātae	caudāta

Derived terms

• ē caudāta

Descendants

• → English: caudate
• → Italian: caudato

References

• caudatus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Jan Frederik Niermeyer, Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus : Lexique Latin Médiéval–Français/Anglais : A Medieval Latin–French/English Dictionary, fascicle I (1976), page 159/1, “caudatus”