"caducus" meaning in Latin

See caducus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [kaˈduː.kʊs] [Classical-Latin], [kaˈduː.kus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱad- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *ḱádeti Proto-Italic *kadō Latin cadō Latin -ūcus Latin cadūcus From cadō (“to fall”) + -ūcus. Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|cadō<t:to fall>|-ūcus|text=+|title=cadūcus|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱad- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *ḱádeti Proto-Italic *kadō Latin cadō Latin -ūcus Latin cadūcus [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*kadō", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "cadō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ūcus", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "cadūcus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="cadūcus"> From cadō (“to fall”) + -ūcus. Head templates: {{la-adj|cadūcus}} cadūcus (feminine cadūca, neuter cadūcum); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|cadūcus}} Forms: cadūcus [canonical], cadūca [feminine], cadūcum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], cadūcus [masculine, nominative, singular], cadūca [feminine, nominative, singular], cadūcum [neuter, nominative, singular], cadūcī [masculine, nominative, plural], cadūcae [feminine, nominative, plural], cadūca [neuter, nominative, plural], cadūcī [genitive, masculine, singular], cadūcae [feminine, genitive, singular], cadūcī [genitive, neuter, singular], cadūcōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], cadūcārum [feminine, genitive, plural], cadūcōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], cadūcō [dative, masculine, singular], cadūcae [dative, feminine, singular], cadūcō [dative, neuter, singular], cadūcīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], cadūcum [accusative, masculine, singular], cadūcam [accusative, feminine, singular], cadūcum [accusative, neuter, singular], cadūcōs [accusative, masculine, plural], cadūcās [accusative, feminine, plural], cadūca [accusative, neuter, plural], cadūcō [ablative, masculine, singular], cadūcā [ablative, feminine, singular], cadūcō [ablative, neuter, singular], cadūcīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], cadūce [masculine, singular, vocative], cadūca [feminine, singular, vocative], cadūcum [neuter, singular, vocative], cadūcī [masculine, plural, vocative], cadūcae [feminine, plural, vocative], cadūca [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. That falls or has fallen, falling, collapsing, tottering, drooping. Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-caducus-la-adj-6CDpOTBr Categories (other): Latin terms suffixed with -ucus Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -ucus: 14 17 24 23 23
  2. That easily falls, inclined to fall Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-caducus-la-adj-aqCQhKDO Categories (other): Latin terms suffixed with -ucus Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -ucus: 14 17 24 23 23
  3. (poetic) Devoted to death, destined to die, doomed. Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2, poetic
    Sense id: en-caducus-la-adj-kRC6qLvA Categories (other): Latin terms suffixed with -ucus Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -ucus: 14 17 24 23 23
  4. (figuratively) Frail, fleeting, perishable, transitory; vain, futile. Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2, figuratively
    Sense id: en-caducus-la-adj-pNk2GPdN Categories (other): Latin terms suffixed with -ucus Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -ucus: 14 17 24 23 23
  5. (law) Lapsed, vacant, escheatable, caducary. Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-caducus-la-adj-dWlI162A Categories (other): Law, Latin entries referencing missing etymons, Latin entries with etymology texts, Latin entries with etymology trees, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms suffixed with -ucus, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of Latin entries referencing missing etymons: 27 11 11 18 34 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology texts: 26 11 7 20 35 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology trees: 26 11 7 20 35 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 30 8 6 14 41 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -ucus: 14 17 24 23 23 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 24 9 6 14 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 6 4 9 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 5 3 7 55 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 17 8 5 14 56 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cadūcārius, cadūciter, cadūcum Related terms: cadō
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}

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