"caducus" meaning in Latin

See caducus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [kaˈduː.kʊs] [Classical-Latin], [kaˈd̪uː.kus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From cadō (“to fall”) + -ūcus. Etymology templates: {{af|la|cadō|-ūcus|t1=to fall}} 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, singular], cadūcae [feminine, nominative, plural], cadūca [neuter, nominative, plural], cadūcī [genitive, masculine, singular], cadūcae [feminine, genitive, singular], cadūcī [genitive, neuter, singular], cadūcōrum [genitive, masculine, singular], 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], cadūcum [accusative, masculine, singular], cadūcam [accusative, feminine, singular], cadūcum [accusative, neuter, singular], cadūcōs [accusative, masculine, singular], 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], cadūce [masculine, singular, vocative], cadūca [feminine, singular, vocative], cadūcum [neuter, singular, vocative], cadūcī [masculine, singular, 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
  2. That easily falls, inclined to fall Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-caducus-la-adj-aqCQhKDO
  3. (poetic) Devoted to death, destined to die, doomed. Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2, poetic
    Sense id: en-caducus-la-adj-kRC6qLvA
  4. (figuratively) Frail, fleeting, perishable, transitory; vain, futile. Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2, figuratively
    Sense id: en-caducus-la-adj-pNk2GPdN
  5. (law) Lapsed, vacant, escheatable, caducary. Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-caducus-la-adj-dWlI162A Categories (other): Law, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms suffixed with -ucus, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 30 8 6 14 41 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -ucus: 18 10 22 20 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 6 4 9 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 5 3 7 56 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cadūcārius, cadūciter, cadūcum Related terms: cadō
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        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
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      "form": "cadūcae",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "cadūcī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "cadūcōrum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūcārum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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        "genitive",
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    {
      "form": "cadūcō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūcae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "cadūcō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūcīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūcum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "cadūcam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūcum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūcōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūcās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "cadūcō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūcā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūcō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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      "form": "cadūcīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
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    },
    {
      "form": "cadūce",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "cadūca",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "neuter",
        "singular",
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      "form": "cadūcī",
      "source": "declension",
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        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
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      "form": "cadūcae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "That falls or has fallen, falling, collapsing, tottering, drooping."
      ],
      "id": "en-caducus-la-adj-6CDpOTBr",
      "links": [
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
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        [
          "collapsing",
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        [
          "totter",
          "totter"
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        [
          "droop",
          "droop"
        ]
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        "adjective",
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        "declension-2"
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "That easily falls, inclined to fall"
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      "id": "en-caducus-la-adj-aqCQhKDO",
      "links": [
        [
          "easily",
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        [
          "inclined",
          "inclined"
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      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
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    },
    {
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      "glosses": [
        "Devoted to death, destined to die, doomed."
      ],
      "id": "en-caducus-la-adj-kRC6qLvA",
      "links": [
        [
          "Devoted",
          "devote"
        ],
        [
          "death",
          "death"
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        [
          "destined",
          "destined"
        ],
        [
          "die",
          "die"
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        [
          "doomed",
          "doomed"
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        "(poetic) Devoted to death, destined to die, doomed."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "poetic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Frail, fleeting, perishable, transitory; vain, futile."
      ],
      "id": "en-caducus-la-adj-pNk2GPdN",
      "links": [
        [
          "Frail",
          "frail"
        ],
        [
          "fleeting",
          "fleeting"
        ],
        [
          "perishable",
          "perishable"
        ],
        [
          "transitory",
          "transitory"
        ],
        [
          "vain",
          "vain"
        ],
        [
          "futile",
          "futile"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) Frail, fleeting, perishable, transitory; vain, futile."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Law",
          "orig": "la:Law",
          "parents": [],
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        {
          "_dis": "30 8 6 14 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
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        {
          "_dis": "18 10 22 20 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -ucus",
          "parents": [],
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        {
          "_dis": "32 6 4 9 50",
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        {
          "_dis": "30 5 3 7 56",
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        "Lapsed, vacant, escheatable, caducary."
      ],
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          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
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          "Lapsed",
          "lapsed"
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        [
          "vacant",
          "vacant"
        ],
        [
          "escheatable",
          "escheatable"
        ],
        [
          "caducary",
          "caducary"
        ]
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        "(law) Lapsed, vacant, escheatable, caducary."
      ],
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        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[kaˈduː.kʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kaˈd̪uː.kus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caducus"
}
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    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin first and second declension adjectives",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin terms suffixed with -ucus",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
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      "word": "cadūcārius"
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    {
      "word": "cadūciter"
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    {
      "word": "cadūcum"
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          "name": "desc"
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "frm",
            "2": "caduc"
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          "name": "desc"
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          "name": "desc"
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          "args": {
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: caduc\n→ Turkish: kadük"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "caduco"
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          "expansion": "Galician: caduco",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "kaduk",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ German: kaduk",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: kaduk"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "caduco"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: caduco",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: caduco"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "caduco"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: caduco",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: caduco"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "caduco"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: caduco",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: caduco"
    },
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            "2": "kaduka"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Esperanto: kaduka"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "mul",
            "2": "Caduca",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Translingual: Caduca",
          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "→ Translingual: Caduca"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "cadō",
        "3": "-ūcus",
        "t1": "to fall"
      },
      "expansion": "cadō (“to fall”) + -ūcus",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From cadō (“to fall”) + -ūcus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cadūcus",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūca",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūcum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūcus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūcum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūcī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūcae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūcī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūcae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūcī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūcōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūcārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūcōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūcō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūcae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūcō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūcīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūcum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūcam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūcum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūcōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūcās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūcō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūcā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūcō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūcīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūce",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūcum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūcī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūcae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadūca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cadūcus"
      },
      "expansion": "cadūcus (feminine cadūca, neuter cadūcum); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cadūcus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "cadō"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "That falls or has fallen, falling, collapsing, tottering, drooping."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ],
        [
          "collapsing",
          "collapse"
        ],
        [
          "totter",
          "totter"
        ],
        [
          "droop",
          "droop"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "That easily falls, inclined to fall"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "easily",
          "easily"
        ],
        [
          "inclined",
          "inclined"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin poetic terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Devoted to death, destined to die, doomed."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Devoted",
          "devote"
        ],
        [
          "death",
          "death"
        ],
        [
          "destined",
          "destined"
        ],
        [
          "die",
          "die"
        ],
        [
          "doomed",
          "doomed"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poetic) Devoted to death, destined to die, doomed."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "poetic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Frail, fleeting, perishable, transitory; vain, futile."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Frail",
          "frail"
        ],
        [
          "fleeting",
          "fleeting"
        ],
        [
          "perishable",
          "perishable"
        ],
        [
          "transitory",
          "transitory"
        ],
        [
          "vain",
          "vain"
        ],
        [
          "futile",
          "futile"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) Frail, fleeting, perishable, transitory; vain, futile."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "la:Law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Lapsed, vacant, escheatable, caducary."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "Lapsed",
          "lapsed"
        ],
        [
          "vacant",
          "vacant"
        ],
        [
          "escheatable",
          "escheatable"
        ],
        [
          "caducary",
          "caducary"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) Lapsed, vacant, escheatable, caducary."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kaˈduː.kʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kaˈd̪uː.kus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caducus"
}

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