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cado

cado

See also: Ĉado

Italian

Verb

cado

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cadere

Anagrams


Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kadō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d- (to fall).

Compare Old Armenian ցածնում (cʿacnum), Old Irish casar (hail, lightning), Breton kazerc'h, Cornish keser.

Pronunciation

Verb

cadō (present infinitive cadere, perfect active cecidī, supine cāsum); third conjugation

  1. I fall
  2. I die
  3. I cease
  4. I decay
  5. (impersonal) It happens, occurs, befalls, comes to pass

Inflection

   Conjugation of cado (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cadō cadis cadit cadimus caditis cadunt
imperfect cadēbam cadēbās cadēbat cadēbāmus cadēbātis cadēbant
future cadam cadēs cadet cadēmus cadētis cadent
perfect cecidī cecidistī cecidit cecidimus cecidistis cecidērunt, cecidēre
pluperfect cecideram ceciderās ceciderat ceciderāmus ceciderātis ceciderant
future perfect ceciderō cecideris ceciderit ceciderimus cecideritis ceciderint
passive present cador caderis, cadere caditur cadimur cadiminī caduntur
imperfect cadēbar cadēbāris, cadēbāre cadēbātur cadēbāmur cadēbāminī cadēbantur
future cadar cadēris, cadēre cadētur cadēmur cadēminī cadentur
perfect cāsus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect cāsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect cāsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cadam cadās cadat cadāmus cadātis cadant
imperfect caderem caderēs caderet caderēmus caderētis caderent
perfect ceciderim ceciderīs ceciderit ceciderīmus ceciderītis ceciderint
pluperfect cecidissem cecidissēs cecidisset cecidissēmus cecidissētis cecidissent
passive present cadar cadāris, cadāre cadātur cadāmur cadāminī cadantur
imperfect caderer caderēris, caderēre caderētur caderēmur caderēminī caderentur
perfect cāsus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect cāsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cade cadite
future caditō caditō caditōte caduntō
passive present cadere cadiminī
future caditor caditor caduntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives cadere cecidisse cāsūrus esse cadī cāsus esse cāsum īrī
participles cadēns cāsūrus cāsus cadendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
cadere cadendī cadendō cadendum cāsum cāsū

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • cado in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cado in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cado”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the wind dies down, ceases: ventus cadit, cessat
    • to fall to the earth: in terram cadere, decidere
    • to come within the sphere of the senses: sub sensum or sub oculos, sub aspectum cadere
    • whatever happens; in any case: utcumque res ceciderit
    • what will be the issue, end, consequence of the matter: quorsum haec res cadet or evadet?
    • the result has surprised me; I was not prepared for this development: res aliter cecidit ac putaveram
    • it is incompatible with the nature of a wise man; the wise are superior to such things: hoc in sapientem non cadit
    • to suffer reproof; to be criticised, blamed: in vituperationem, reprehensionem cadere, incidere, venire
    • a subject becomes matter for reflection: aliquid cadit in deliberationem (Off. 1. 3. 9)
    • to be at variance with: in controversiam cadere
    • the point at issue: id, de quo agitur or id quod cadit in controversiam
    • to have a rhythmical cadence: numerose cadere
    • a piece is a failure, falls flat: fabula cadit
    • his style has a well-balanced cadence: oratio numerose cadit
    • this word ends in a long syllable: haec vox longa syllaba terminatur, in longam syllabam cadit, exit
    • their courage is ebbing: animi cadunt
    • to lose courage; to despair: animo cadere, deficere
    • expectation is overthrown: spes ad irritum cadit, ad irritum redigitur
    • a suspicion falls on some one: suspicio (alicuius rei) cadit in aliquem, pertinet ad aliquem
    • to become the object of suspicion: in suspicionem vocari, cadere
    • it is my custom: aliquid cadit in meam consuetudinem
    • to lose one's case: causā or lite cadere (owing to some informality)
    • about a hundred of our men fell: nostri circiter centum ceciderunt
    • this can be said of..., applies to..: hoc cadit in aliquid
    • (ambiguous) affairs are desperate; we are reduced to extremeties: res ad extremum casum perducta est
  • cado in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016