Italian

Proper noun

Caco ? m

1. Cacus

Italian

Noun

caco m ‎(plural cachi)

1. Alternative form of cachi (fruit)

Verb

caco

1. first-person singular present indicative of cacare

References

1. ↑ “Cachi: un frutto, un colore - Si dice o non si dice?”, in (Please provide the title of the work) (in italian), Corriere della Sera - dizionari, (Please provide a date or year)

Latin

Etymology

From a Proto-Indo-European root *kakka-. Compare Old Irish cacc, Ancient Greek κακκάω ‎(kakkáō), Middle Armenian քաք ‎(kʿakʿ), Russian ка́кать ‎(kákatʹ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.koː/

Verb

cacō ‎(present infinitive cacāre, perfect active cacāvī, supine cacātum); first conjugation

1. (vulgar) I defecate, ****, pass excrement.

   culus tibi purior salillo est,
   nec toto decies cacas in anno
   (your anus is purer than a little salt-cellar, and you defecate no more than ten times in a whole year) — Catullus poem 23 (translation adapted by H. J. Walker)

Inflection

Derived terms

• cacātus
• concacō

See also

• dēfaecō

Descendants

References

• caco in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• caco in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cacculus, from Latin caccabus ‎(“pot”), see also Galician cacho ‎(“broken container, broken piece of a container”) and Spanish cacho.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aku

Noun

caco m (plural cacos)

1. shard (broken piece)

Spanish

Noun

caco m ‎(plural cacos)

1. (colloquial) thief