cacophaton

Latin

Noun

cacophaton n (genitive cacophatī); second declension

1. cacophony (union of two or more disagreeable sounds which form an equivocal word or expression)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	cacophaton	cacophata
genitive	cacophatī	cacophatōrum
dative	cacophatō	cacophatīs
accusative	cacophaton	cacophata
ablative	cacophatō	cacophatīs
vocative	cacophaton	cacophata

References

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