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caveo.

to take precautions, beware, take care; to guard against, attend to a thing for a person, provide

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈka.we.oː]Classical-Latin[ˈkaː.ve.o]
  1. to take precautions, beware, take care; to guard against, attend to a thing for a person, provide

    conjugation-2
    Caveat emptor.
  2. to take precautions, beware, take care; to guard against, attend to a thing for a person, provide to beware of, keep away from, avoid

    conjugation-2 · with-accusative
  3. to guard against, to be on one's guard against, to take care that (not)

    conjugation-2 · with-ablative · with-dative
  4. to guard against, to be on one's guard against, to take care that (not) beware not to!, refrain from!, make sure that not, mind that you don't!

    conjugation-2 · imperative · with-ablative · with-dative
    Cave sīs tē videam!
  5. to look out in the interests of

    conjugation-2 · with-dative
  6. to make legal provisions (for or against), to order, decree, stipulate

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  7. to give surety or guarantees, to secure bail; to pledge, certify

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  8. to give surety or guarantees, to secure bail; to pledge, certify to procure bail or surety from

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Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *kaweō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kowh₁éyeti, an iterative from *(s)kewh₁-. Cognate with Ancient Greek κοέω (koéō), Sanskrit कवि (kaví, “wise, poet, seer, sage”), Lithuanian kavoti (“safeguard, tend”), Russian чу́ять (čújatʹ), Old Armenian ցուցանեմ (cʻucʻanem, “to show”), English show.

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