cachecta

Latin

Alternative forms

• cachectēs

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κᾰχέκτης (kakhéktēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈkʰek.ta/, [käˈkʰɛkt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈkek.ta/, [käˈkɛkt̪ä]

Noun

cachecta m (genitive cachectae); first declension

1. a consumptive (sickly person)

Declension

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

• cachecticus

References

• “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”