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caedes.

the act of cutting or lopping something off

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈkae̯.deːs]Classical-Latin[ˈt͡ʃɛː.des]
  1. the act of cutting or lopping something off

    declension-3
  2. the act of striking with the fist, a beating

    declension-3
  3. murder, assassination, killing, slaughter, massacre, carnage

    broadly · declension-3
  4. the corpses of the slain or murdered

    declension-3 · metonymically
  5. the blood shed by murder, gore

    declension-3 · metonymically
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kh₂éydeti Proto-Italic *kaidō Latin caedō Proto-Indo-European *-ḗy Proto-Italic *-ēi(s) Latin -ēs Latin caedēs From caedō (“to cut down, hew”) + -ēs.

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