cauda

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English

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Noun

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cauda (plural caudae)

  1. (anatomy) Short for cauda equina.

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Dalmatian

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Etymology

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From Latin cauda, either directly (with preservation of /au̯/) or, more likely, via Vulgar Latin cōda (the source of all other Romance forms), with /'oː/ > /au̯/; cf. Latin nōmen > Dalmatian naum.

Noun

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cauda f

  1. tail

Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *kaudā (tail), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂u-d-eh₂ (cleaved, separate),[1] from *keh₂w-. Compare cūdō (to beat, hammer), caudex (tree trunk, stump), Lithuanian kuodas (tuft).[2]

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Noun

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cauda f (genitive caudae); first declension

  1. tail (animal appendage)
    Synonym: pēnis (archaic)
    Antonym: caput
    Alternative form: cōda

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cauda caudae
Genitive caudae caudārum
Dative caudae caudīs
Accusative caudam caudās
Ablative caudā caudīs
Vocative cauda caudae

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Dalmatian: cauda (note: by regular sound changes, maybe also from Vulgar Latin cōda)
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: cauda
  • Vulgar Latin: cōda (see there for further descendants)

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References

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  • cauda”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cauda”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cauda in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • cauda in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 99
  2. ^ Study of Language, Motilal Banarsidass Publ., 1994

Portuguese

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cauda

Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese, borrowed from Latin cauda. Doublet of cola, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkaw.dɐ/ [ˈkaʊ̯.dɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkaw.da/ [ˈkaʊ̯.da]

Noun

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cauda f (plural caudas)

  1. tail (posterior appendage or feathers of some animals)
    Synonyms: (archaic) coda, rabo
  2. tail; tail end (posterior part or appendage of an object)
    1. (clothing) the part of a dress that is dragged on the floor
    2. (aviation) tail; empennage (rear structure of an aircraft)
    Synonym: empenagem
    1. (astronomy) tail (stream of dust as gases blown from a comet)
    2. (typography, informal) tail; descender (stroke below the baseline of a letter)
  3. (figurative) consequences
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Further reading

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  • cauda” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkauda/ [ˈkau̯.ð̞a]
  • Rhymes: -auda
  • Syllabification: cau‧da

Noun

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cauda f (plural caudas)

  1. tail (of a garment)

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