cachecta

Latin

Alternative forms
  • cachectēs

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κᾰχέκτης (kakhéktēs).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kaˈkʰek.ta/, [kaˈkʰɛk.ta]

Noun

cachecta m (genitive cachectae); first declension

  1. a consumptive (sickly person)

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cachecta cachectae
Genitive cachectae cachectārum
Dative cachectae cachectīs
Accusative cachectam cachectās
Ablative cachectā cachectīs
Vocative cachecta cachectae

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”
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