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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek; compare κακκαβίζω (kakkabízō, cackle (of a bird)).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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cacabō (present infinitive cacabāre, perfect active cacabāvī, supine cacabātum); first conjugation

  1. (intransitive) To cluck
Conjugation
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   Conjugation of cacabō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cacabō cacabās cacabat cacabāmus cacabātis cacabant
imperfect cacabābam cacabābās cacabābat cacabābāmus cacabābātis cacabābant
future cacabābō cacabābis cacabābit cacabābimus cacabābitis cacabābunt
perfect cacabāvī cacabāvistī cacabāvit cacabāvimus cacabāvistis cacabāvērunt,
cacabāvēre
pluperfect cacabāveram cacabāverās cacabāverat cacabāverāmus cacabāverātis cacabāverant
future perfect cacabāverō cacabāveris cacabāverit cacabāverimus cacabāveritis cacabāverint
passive present cacabor cacabāris,
cacabāre
cacabātur cacabāmur cacabāminī cacabantur
imperfect cacabābar cacabābāris,
cacabābāre
cacabābātur cacabābāmur cacabābāminī cacabābantur
future cacabābor cacabāberis,
cacabābere
cacabābitur cacabābimur cacabābiminī cacabābuntur
perfect cacabātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect cacabātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect cacabātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cacabem cacabēs cacabet cacabēmus cacabētis cacabent
imperfect cacabārem cacabārēs cacabāret cacabārēmus cacabārētis cacabārent
perfect cacabāverim cacabāverīs cacabāverit cacabāverīmus cacabāverītis cacabāverint
pluperfect cacabāvissem cacabāvissēs cacabāvisset cacabāvissēmus cacabāvissētis cacabāvissent
passive present cacaber cacabēris,
cacabēre
cacabētur cacabēmur cacabēminī cacabentur
imperfect cacabārer cacabārēris,
cacabārēre
cacabārētur cacabārēmur cacabārēminī cacabārentur
perfect cacabātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect cacabātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cacabā cacabāte
future cacabātō cacabātō cacabātōte cacabantō
passive present cacabāre cacabāminī
future cacabātor cacabātor cacabantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives cacabāre cacabāvisse cacabātūrum esse cacabārī cacabātum esse cacabātum īrī
participles cacabāns cacabātūrus cacabātus cacabandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
cacabandī cacabandō cacabandum cacabandō cacabātum cacabātū
Synonyms
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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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cacābō

  1. first-person singular future active indicative of cacō

References

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  • cacabo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cacabo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “cacabō”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 80