cautus

== Latin == === Etymology === From perfect passive participle of caveō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkau̯.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkaːu̯.tus] === Adjective === cautus (feminine cauta, neuter cautum, comparative cautior, superlative cautissimus, adverb cautē or cautim); first/second-declension adjective cautious, careful Synonyms: intentus, attentus, intēnsus, ērēctus Antonym: incautus circumspect, prudent wary ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “cautus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “cautus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "cautus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “cautus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “cautus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 547