Dictionary formcadaver, cadaveris(neuter)
Translation
corpse, dead body; carcass
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Grammar
Cases
| Case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativethe subject | cadaver | cadavera |
| Vocativecalling someone: O ... | cadaver | cadavera |
| Accusativethe direct object; after ad, in (into), per | cadaver | cadavera |
| Genitiveof | cadaveris | cadaverum |
| Dativeto, for | cadaveri | cadaveribus |
| Ablativeby, with, from; after a, ab, cum, de, e, ex, in (in), sine | cadavere | cadaveribus |
Examples
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Corpses were lying in the field.
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The body was laid in the tomb.
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The body was carried back to the city.
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Many corpses were found after the battle.
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The corpses were left to the birds.
Cadaver, cadaveris, n., third declension neuter, formed on cado: literally the thing that has fallen. Latin keeps its dead bodies sorted by dignity. Corpus is any body, living or dead, and can be reverent. Cadaver is a corpse and a blunt one, used of animals and of enemies left where they dropped, with a whiff of carrion about it - the word a writer reaches for when he wants to allow the dead no standing at all.
Manuscripts write cadauer and cadauera because u and v were a single letter, so what looks like a variant is only the same word in medieval dress. English took cadaver for the dissecting room and cadaverous for the look of somebody who belongs on the table.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 9, lesson 4: cadaver, albus, negotium and 6 more words.