Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κᾰχέκτης (kakhéktēs).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cachecta m (genitive cachectae); first declension

  1. a consumptive (sickly person)

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cachecta cachectae
Genitive cachectae cachectārum
Dative cachectae cachectīs
Accusative cachectam cachectās
Ablative cachectā cachectīs
Vocative cachecta cachectae

Related terms edit

References edit

  • căchecta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • căchectēs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.:234/3