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caedis

caedis is a Latin form of caedes, meaning “slaughter, murder”. It is the genitive singular feminine noun.

Found 214 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 8.21.3: Adflictas opes equestri proelio Bellovacorum esse; delectorum peditum multa milia interisse, vix refugisse nuntios caedis.

Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.768: Caedis amor feritasque sitisque inmensa cruoris

All forms of caedes (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.