cacoethes

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin cacoēthes, from Ancient Greek κακοήθης (kakoḗthēs, “ill-disposed”) from κακός (kakós, “bad”) + ἦθος (êthos, “disposition, nature”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌkækəʊˈiːθiːz/ Hyphenation: ca‧co‧e‧thes === Noun === cacoethes (plural cacoethe) Compulsion; mania. (medicine, obsolete) A bad quality or disposition in a disease; a malignant tumour or ulcer. ==== Usage notes ==== Not to be confused with cacoethics (“bad ethics or morals; bad habits”). ==== Alternative forms ==== cacoëthes ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === coteaches == Latin == === Etymology === Derived from Ancient Greek κακόηθες (kakóēthes), the neuter form of κακοήθης (kakoḗthēs, “ill-disposed”), from κακός (kakós, “bad”) + ἦθος (êthos, “disposition, nature”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ka.koˈeː.tʰɛs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ka.koˈɛː.tes] === Noun === cacoēthes n (genitive cacoēthis); third declension A malignant tumour or disease. Mania, especially for writing. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, parisyllabic non-i-stem). === References === “cacoethes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “cacoethes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “cacoethes”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.