cacida

Latin

Etymology

Derived from caca (“faeces”) via a process comparable to the one that resulted in *pippīta < Classical pītuīta. Attested in Tironian notes. The expected spelling of the medial consonant, considering the voicelessness reflected in all the descendants, would have been ⟨cc⟩ not ⟨c⟩.

Noun

cacīda f (genitive cacīdae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin)

1. rheum (discharge from the corner of one's eye)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cacīda	cacīdae
Genitive	cacīdae	cacīdārum
Dative	cacīdae	cacīdīs
Accusative	cacīdam	cacīdās
Ablative	cacīdā	cacīdīs
Vocative	cacīda	cacīdae

Descendants

• Old French: chacie, chacide, chacede (archaic); chassie, chacive; cachie, chachie
  • French: chassie
  • Picard: cachive
• Occitan: cassida, chassida
• Piedmontese: scassia, scasseia

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*caccīta”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 21