caecus – Latin adjective declension

Adjective: caecus
Hyphenation:

Declension: First, Second

Nominative

Singular masc.	caecus
Singular fem.	caeca
Singular neut.	caecum
Plural masc.	caecī
Plural fem.	caecae
Plural neut.	caeca

Genitive

Singular masc.	caecī
Singular fem.	caecae
Singular neut.	caecī
Plural masc.	caecōrum
Plural fem.	caecārum
Plural neut.	caecōrum

Dative

Singular masc.	caecō
Singular fem.	caecae
Singular neut.	caecō
Plural masc.	caecīs
Plural fem.	caecīs
Plural neut.	caecīs

Accusative

Singular masc.	caecum
Singular fem.	caecam
Singular neut.	caecum
Plural masc.	caecōs
Plural fem.	caecās
Plural neut.	caeca

Ablative

Singular masc.	caecō
Singular fem.	caecā
Singular neut.	caecō
Plural masc.	caecīs
Plural fem.	caecīs
Plural neut.	caecīs

Vocative

Singular masc.	caece
Singular fem.	caeca
Singular neut.	caecum
Plural masc.	caecī
Plural fem.	caecae
Plural neut.	caeca

Comparison

Sample Sentences

[...] caecīque in nūbibus ignēs / terrificant animōs et inānia murmura miscent? (“And [why do] aimless fires in the clouds terrify [our] spirits, and [their] meaningless murmurs unsettle [us]?”

(King Iarbas dares to question whether lightning and thunder truly signify Jupiter’s disapproval of human affairs.)) [29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.209–210]

Adjectives inflected like caecus

palmātus, rēctangulus, ursīnus, palmōsus, negātōrius, Cimmerius, fēlīnus, deltoīdeus, flūctifragus, Colōnēus, recordātīvus, erēmīticus, nūnciātōrius, idōneus, carcinophagus, servus, sentus, imāginōsus, chelīdonius, foetulentus, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kaikos (“blind, eyeless”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos (“one-eyed”). Cognates include Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 (haihs), Old Irish cáech (“one-eyed”), caoch (“blind”). See: Gothic Adjectives '𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃'.

Verbs referencing "caecus"

Italian Adjectives cieco, Spanish Adjectives ciego, Galician Adjectives cego, Portuguese Adjectives cego, Irish Adjectives caoch, Catalan Adjectives cec, Asturian Adjectives ciegu.