See also: Caesius

Latin edit

Etymology edit

Literally 'cutting, piercing', from caedo (I cut)

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

caesius (feminine caesia, neuter caesium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (of the eyes) bluish-gray, gray-eyed, blue-eyed, cat-eyed
  2. (of the eyes) cutting, sharp

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

NumberSingularPlural
Case / GenderMasculineFeminineNeuterMasculineFeminineNeuter
Nominativecaesiuscaesiacaesiumcaesiīcaesiaecaesia
Genitivecaesiīcaesiaecaesiīcaesiōrumcaesiārumcaesiōrum
Dativecaesiōcaesiōcaesiīs
Accusativecaesiumcaesiamcaesiumcaesiōscaesiāscaesia
Ablativecaesiōcaesiācaesiōcaesiīs
Vocativecaesiecaesiacaesiumcaesiīcaesiaecaesia

Derived terms edit

  • caesitās
  • caesitius

Descendants edit

  • English: caesious, caesium

References edit

  • caesius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • caesius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • caesius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • caesius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray