"causticus" meaning in Latin

See causticus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ˈkau̯s.tɪ.kʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈkau̯s.ti.kus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek καυστικός (kaustikós). Etymology templates: {{der|la|grc|καυστικός}} Ancient Greek καυστικός (kaustikós) Head templates: {{la-adj|causticus}} causticus (feminine caustica, neuter causticum); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|causticus}} Forms: caustica [feminine], causticum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], causticus [masculine, nominative, singular], caustica [feminine, nominative, singular], causticum [neuter, nominative, singular], causticī [masculine, nominative, plural], causticae [feminine, nominative, plural], caustica [neuter, nominative, plural], causticī [genitive, masculine, singular], causticae [feminine, genitive, singular], causticī [genitive, neuter, singular], causticōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], causticārum [feminine, genitive, plural], causticōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], causticō [dative, masculine, singular], causticae [dative, feminine, singular], causticō [dative, neuter, singular], causticīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], causticum [accusative, masculine, singular], causticam [accusative, feminine, singular], causticum [accusative, neuter, singular], causticōs [accusative, masculine, plural], causticās [accusative, feminine, plural], caustica [accusative, neuter, plural], causticō [ablative, masculine, singular], causticā [ablative, feminine, singular], causticō [ablative, neuter, singular], causticīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], caustice [masculine, singular, vocative], caustica [feminine, singular, vocative], causticum [neuter, singular, vocative], causticī [masculine, plural, vocative], causticae [feminine, plural, vocative], caustica [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. burning, caustic, corrosive Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-causticus-la-adj-4823ry2E Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "càustic"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Greek",
          "lang_code": "el",
          "raw_tags": [
            "learned borrowing",
            "learned"
          ],
          "roman": "kafstikós",
          "word": "καυστικός"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed",
            "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
          ],
          "word": "kaustyczny"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed",
            "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
          ],
          "word": "kostyczny"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "caustique"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Danish",
          "lang_code": "da",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "kaustisk"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "lang_code": "nb",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "kaustisk"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "lang_code": "nn",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "kaustisk"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed",
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "kaustisch"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "caustic"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "caustico"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "cáustico"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "caustic"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "cáustico"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "καυστικός"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek καυστικός (kaustikós)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek καυστικός (kaustikós).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "caustica",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caustica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticī",
      "links": [
        [
          "causticī",
          "caustici#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caustica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticī",
      "links": [
        [
          "causticī",
          "caustici#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticī",
      "links": [
        [
          "causticī",
          "caustici#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "causticōrum",
          "causticorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticārum",
      "links": [
        [
          "causticārum",
          "causticarum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "causticōrum",
          "causticorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticō",
      "links": [
        [
          "causticō",
          "caustico#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticō",
      "links": [
        [
          "causticō",
          "caustico#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "causticīs",
          "causticis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticōs",
      "links": [
        [
          "causticōs",
          "causticos#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticās",
      "links": [
        [
          "causticās",
          "causticas#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caustica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticō",
      "links": [
        [
          "causticō",
          "caustico#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticā",
      "links": [
        [
          "causticā",
          "caustica#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticō",
      "links": [
        [
          "causticō",
          "caustico#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "causticīs",
          "causticis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caustice",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caustica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticī",
      "links": [
        [
          "causticī",
          "caustici#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caustica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "causticus"
      },
      "expansion": "causticus (feminine caustica, neuter causticum); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "causticus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "burning, caustic, corrosive"
      ],
      "id": "en-causticus-la-adj-4823ry2E",
      "links": [
        [
          "burning",
          "burning"
        ],
        [
          "caustic",
          "caustic"
        ],
        [
          "corrosive",
          "corrosive"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkau̯s.tɪ.kʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkau̯s.ti.kus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "causticus"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "càustic"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Greek",
          "lang_code": "el",
          "raw_tags": [
            "learned borrowing",
            "learned"
          ],
          "roman": "kafstikós",
          "word": "καυστικός"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed",
            "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
          ],
          "word": "kaustyczny"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed",
            "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "caustique"
    },
    {
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        {
          "lang": "Danish",
          "lang_code": "da",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "kaustisk"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "lang_code": "nb",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "kaustisk"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "lang_code": "nn",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "kaustisk"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed",
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "kaustisch"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "caustic"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "caustico"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "cáustico"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "caustic"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "cáustico"
    }
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek καυστικός (kaustikós).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "caustica",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
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        "table-tags"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caustica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticī",
      "links": [
        [
          "causticī",
          "caustici#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "causticae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caustica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticī",
      "links": [
        [
          "causticī",
          "caustici#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticī",
      "links": [
        [
          "causticī",
          "caustici#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticōrum",
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        [
          "causticōrum",
          "causticorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticārum",
      "links": [
        [
          "causticārum",
          "causticarum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "causticōrum",
          "causticorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticō",
      "links": [
        [
          "causticō",
          "caustico#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticō",
      "links": [
        [
          "causticō",
          "caustico#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "causticīs",
          "causticis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticōs",
      "links": [
        [
          "causticōs",
          "causticos#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticās",
      "links": [
        [
          "causticās",
          "causticas#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caustica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticō",
      "links": [
        [
          "causticō",
          "caustico#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticā",
      "links": [
        [
          "causticā",
          "caustica#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticō",
      "links": [
        [
          "causticō",
          "caustico#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "causticīs",
          "causticis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caustice",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caustica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticī",
      "links": [
        [
          "causticī",
          "caustici#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "causticae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caustica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "causticus"
      },
      "expansion": "causticus (feminine caustica, neuter causticum); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "causticus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 3-syllable words",
        "Latin adjectives",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin first and second declension adjectives",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "burning, caustic, corrosive"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "burning",
          "burning"
        ],
        [
          "caustic",
          "caustic"
        ],
        [
          "corrosive",
          "corrosive"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkau̯s.tɪ.kʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkau̯s.ti.kus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "causticus"
}

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