kadamitas

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kalamos (“damaged”), from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥h₂m-, from *kelh₂- (“to beat, break”); see also Proto-Celtic *kladiwos, Proto-Celtic *klamitos, Ancient Greek κλάδος (kládos), Proto-Balto-Slavic *kálˀtei (“to beat”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈda.mi.taːs/, [käˈd̪ämɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈda.mi.tas/, [käˈd̪äːmit̪äs]

Noun

kadamitās f (genitive kadamitātis); third declension (hapax)

1. loss, defeat
   • Gaius Marius Victorinus, Ars grammatica VI.8.15K:

     Cn. Pompeius Magnus et scribebat et dicebat kadamitatem pro calamitatem

     Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus wrote and spoke kadamitas for calamitas

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	kadamitās	kadamitātēs
genitive	kadamitātis	kadamitātum
dative	kadamitātī	kadamitātibus
accusative	kadamitātem	kadamitātēs
ablative	kadamitāte	kadamitātibus
vocative	kadamitās	kadamitātēs

Descendants

• Latin: calamitās

References

• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN