caute

Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin cautus.

Adjective

caute (comparative plus caute, superlative le plus caute)

1. prudent, cautious

Anagrams

• acute

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈu.te/
• Rhymes: -ute
• Hyphenation: ca‧ù‧te

Adjective

caute

1. feminine plural of cauto

Anagrams

• acute

Latin

Etymology 1

From cautus (“cautious”) +‎ -ē.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkau̯.teː/, [ˈkäu̯t̪eː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkau̯.te/, [ˈkäːu̯t̪e]

Adverb

cautē (not comparable)

1. cautiously

   Synonym: cautim

   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Tobit.2.4:

     tollensque illud portavit ad domum suam occulte ut dum sol occubuisset caute sepeliret eum

     And taking it up carried it privately to his house, that after the sun was down, he might bury him cautiously.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkau̯.te/, [ˈkäu̯t̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkau̯.te/, [ˈkäːu̯t̪e]

Adjective

caute

1. vocative masculine singular of cautus

References

• “caute”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “caute”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• caute in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.u.te/

Verb

caute

1. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of căuta