cadō, cadere, cecidī, cāsūrum

Definitions for cadere

Wheelock's Latin

Verb

1
to fall
English derivatives:
cadence case casual cascade chance accident incident decadence decay deciduous

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Verb

1
(of persons or things initially in contact with the ground) To fall over, assume a prostrate or recumbent position, collapse. (a) (of persons). (b) (of things); (spec., of trees) to be felled.
2
(of things, etc., not initially in contact with the ground) To fall to earth or in a downwards direction, drop, descend; in sinum-ere (in qouts., fig.) to fall into one's lap, come into one's hands. (b) (of missiles) to land, light, fall; (also of light). (c) (of dew, rain, etc.) to be precipitated, fall; (of fountains, rivers, etc.) to flow down, drop; (of tears, sweat) to drop. (d) (of shadows, etc.) to be cast, fall. (e) (of a path) to become lower, fall. (f) (fig,) to be brought down (from a position of eminence); (of pride) to be abased or humbled.
3
To slip (from one's grasp), fall (from one's hands).
4
To be shed, fall our or of. (b) (med., of scabs, nails, etc.). (c) (de) matre (tellure) ~ere, to come from the womb, be born.
5
To precipitate oneself deliberately, drop, fall; (of a finger) to be moved in a downward position. (b) to throw oneself as a suppliant (at somebody's feet), fall. (c) to hurl oneself (in a specified direction), fall upon (in attacking). (d) (poet., of ships) to be launched.

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Sentences with cadere

Latin to English

Ex arbore cadit.Compare He falls out of the tree.

Multa renascentur quae iam cecidere, cadentque quae nunc sunt in honore vocabula, si volet usus.Compare Many a term which has fallen from use shall have a second birth, and those shall fall that are now in high honor, if so Usage shall will it.

Et iam summa procul villarum culmina fumant, maioresque cadunt altis de montibus umbrae.Compare Look over there - smoke rises already from the rooftops and longer fall the shadows cast by the mountain heights.

Multus (homo) utrinque cado, multus vulnus accipio.Compare Many fall on both sides, more receive wounds.

Tum, in conspectus omnis, creber caelum cado lapis.Compare Then, in the sight of all, stones fell thickly from the sky.

Conjugation table for cadere

Cactus2000

ACTIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
cadō cadis cadit cadimus caditis cadunt	cadēbam cadēbās cadēbat cadēbāmus cadēbātis cadēbant
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
cecidī cecidistī cecidit cecidimus cecidistis cecidērunt / cecidēre	cecideram ceciderās ceciderat ceciderāmus ceciderātis ceciderant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
cadam cadēs cadet cadēmus cadētis cadent	ceciderō cecideris ceciderit ceciderimus cecideritis ceciderint
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
cadam cadās cadat cadāmus cadātis cadant	caderem caderēs caderet caderēmus caderētis caderent
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
ceciderim cecideris ceciderit ceciderimus cecideritis ceciderint	cecidissem cecidissēs cecidisset cecidissēmus cecidissētis cecidissent
Infinitive present cadere Infinitive perfect cecidisse Infinitive future cāsūrum esse	Imperative present cade cadite Imperative future caditō caditō caditōte caduntō

Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
- - caditur - - -	- - cadēbātur - - -
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
- - cāsus est - - -	- - cāsus erat - - -
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
- - cadētur - - -	- - cāsus erit - - -
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
- - cadātur - - -	- - caderētur - - -
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
- - cāsus sit - - -	- - cāsus esset - - -
Infinitive present cadī Infinitive perfect cāsum esse Infinitive future cāsum īrī	Imperative present - - Imperative future - caditō - -

	PARTICIPLE
	Participle present active
Nom.	cadēns	cadentēs
Gen.	cadentis	cadentium
Dat.	cadentī	cadentibus
Acc.	cadentem	cadentēs
Abl.	cadente	cadentibus
	Participle future active
Nom.	cāsūrus	cāsūrī
Gen.	cāsūrī	cāsūrōrum
Dat.	cāsūrō	cāsūrīs
Acc.	cāsūrum	cāsūrōs
Abl.	cāsūrō	cāsūrīs
	Participle perfect passive
Nom.	cāsus	cāsī
Gen.	cāsī	cāsōrum
Dat.	cāsō	cāsīs
Acc.	cāsum	cāsōs
Abl.	cāsō	cāsīs
	Gerundive
Nom.	cadendus	cadendī
Gen.	cadendī	cadendōrum
Dat.	cadendō	cadendīs
Acc.	cadendum	cadendōs
Abl.	cadendō	cadendīs
	Gerund	Supine
Nom.	cadere	cāsum
Gen.	cadendī	cāsū
Dat.	cadendō
Acc.	cadendum
Abl.	cadendō

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 79.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 247.
Word frequencies
Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 121.

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "cadō, cadere, cecidī, cāsūrum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified August 12, 2023. Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/cado-cadere-cecidi-casum.