causidicus

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Latin

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Etymology

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causa +‎ -dicus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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causidicus m (genitive causidicī); second declension

  1. lawyer, attorney
    • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, de oratore 1.202:
      Nōn enim causidicum nescioquem neque clāmātōrem aut rabulam hōc sermōne nostrō conquīrimus, sed eum virum, quī [...] sit ejus artis antistes [...]
    • 86 CE – 103 CE, Martial, Epigrammata 5.33:
      Carpere causidicus fertur mea carmina: quī sit
      nesciō; sī scierō, vae tibi, causidice.

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative causidicus causidicī
Genitive causidicī causidicōrum
Dative causidicō causidicīs
Accusative causidicum causidicōs
Ablative causidicō causidicīs
Vocative causidice causidicī