See also: Caco, cacó, cacò, caço, caco-, ćaćo, and čačo

Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.ko/
  • Rhymes: -ako
  • Hyphenation: cà‧co

Etymology 1 edit

Singularization of cachi, originated by the wrong belief that "cachi" is the plural form.[1]

Noun edit

caco m (plural cachi)

  1. Alternative form of cachi (fruit)

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

caco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cacare

References edit

  1. ^ “Cachi: un frutto, un colore - Si dice o non si dice?”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1] (in Italian), Corriere della Sera - dizionari, 2014 October 24 (last accessed)

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Italic *kakāō, from a Proto-Indo-European root *kakka-.

Compare Old Irish cacc, Ancient Greek κακκάω (kakkáō), Middle Armenian քաք (kʻakʻ), Russian ка́кать (kákatʹ), and English cack.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

cacō (present infinitive cacāre, perfect active cacāvī, supine cacātum); first conjugation

  1. (vulgar) to defecate, shit, pass excrement
    • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 23:
      Culus tibi purior salillo est,
      nec toto decies cacas in anno.
      Your anus is purer than a little salt-cellar,
      and you defecate no more than ten times in a whole year.
    • 86 CE – 103 CE, Martial, Epigrammata 9.69:
      Cum futuis, Polycharme, soles in fine cacare.
      When you fuck, Polycharmus, you are accustomed to shitting afterwards.

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of cacō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cacō cacās cacat cacāmus cacātis cacant
imperfect cacābam cacābās cacābat cacābāmus cacābātis cacābant
future cacābō cacābis cacābit cacābimus cacābitis cacābunt
perfect cacāvī cacāvistī cacāvit cacāvimus cacāvistis cacāvērunt,
cacāvēre
pluperfect cacāveram cacāverās cacāverat cacāverāmus cacāverātis cacāverant
future perfect cacāverō cacāveris cacāverit cacāverimus cacāveritis cacāverint
passive present cacor cacāris,
cacāre
cacātur cacāmur cacāminī cacantur
imperfect cacābar cacābāris,
cacābāre
cacābātur cacābāmur cacābāminī cacābantur
future cacābor cacāberis,
cacābere
cacābitur cacābimur cacābiminī cacābuntur
perfect cacātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect cacātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect cacātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cacem cacēs cacet cacēmus cacētis cacent
imperfect cacārem cacārēs cacāret cacārēmus cacārētis cacārent
perfect cacāverim cacāverīs cacāverit cacāverīmus cacāverītis cacāverint
pluperfect cacāvissem cacāvissēs cacāvisset cacāvissēmus cacāvissētis cacāvissent
passive present cacer cacēris,
cacēre
cacētur cacēmur cacēminī cacentur
imperfect cacārer cacārēris,
cacārēre
cacārētur cacārēmur cacārēminī cacārentur
perfect cacātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect cacātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cacā cacāte
future cacātō cacātō cacātōte cacantō
passive present cacāre cacāminī
future cacātor cacātor cacantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives cacāre cacāvisse cacātūrum esse cacārī cacātum esse cacātum īrī
participles cacāns cacātūrus cacātus cacandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
cacandī cacandō cacandum cacandō cacātum cacātū

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

See also edit

References edit

  • caco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • caco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

From Vulgar Latin *cacculus, from Latin caccabus (pot), see also Galician cacho (broken container, broken piece of a container) and Spanish cacho.

Pronunciation edit

  • Rhymes: -aku
  • Hyphenation: ca‧co

Noun edit

caco m (plural cacos)

  1. shard; piece (broken piece of ceramic or glass)
  2. (by extension) junk
  3. (figuratively) wreck
    Estou um caco total.I'm a total wreck.
  4. (colloquial) head
  5. (theatre, drama, TV, film) ad-lib

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From Latin Cacus, a mythological thief.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkako/ [ˈka.ko]
  • Rhymes: -ako
  • Syllabification: ca‧co

Noun edit

caco m (plural cacos)

  1. (colloquial) thief
    Synonym: ladrón

Further reading edit