Dalmatian

Noun

cauda f

1. tail

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European - compare Lithuanian kuodas ‎(“tuft”).^[1]

Alternative forms

• cōda

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkau̯.da/

Noun

cauda f ‎(genitive caudae); first declension

1. A tail (of an animal)

Inflection

First declension.

Antonyms

• caput

Derived terms

Descendants

Mostly from the form cōda

See also

• cōda
• picta

References

• 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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cauda”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

1. ↑ Study of Language, Motilal Banarsidass Publ., 1994

Portuguese

cauda

Etymology

From Old Portuguese, a borrowing from Latin cauda. See also cola, inherited from the same origin.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkaw.ðɐ/

Noun

cauda f

1. tail.

Synonyms

• rabo

Related terms