cacida
Latin edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
cacīda f (genitive cacīdae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin)
- rheum (discharge from the corner of one's eye)
Declension edit
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 edit
- Old French: chacie, chacide, chacede; chassie, chacive; cachie, chachie
- Occitan: cassida, chassida
- Piedmontese: scassia, scasseia
References edit
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*caccīta”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 21