Caratacus
English edit
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Etymology edit
From Latin Caratacus. Doublet of Caradog, Caradoc, Cedric, Craddock, Cradock, McCarthy, and McCarty.
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Caratacus
Latin edit
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Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *Karatākos
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kaˈra.ta.kus/, [käˈrät̪äkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kaˈra.ta.kus/, [käˈräːt̪äkus]
Proper noun edit
Caratacus m sg (genitive Caratacī); second declension
- A 1st-century AD British chieftain of the Catuvellauni tribe, who resisted the Roman conquest of Britain.
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Caratacus |
Genitive | Caratacī |
Dative | Caratacō |
Accusative | Caratacum |
Ablative | Caratacō |
Vocative | Caratace |
References edit
- Caratacus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.