rough pointed/detached rock, loose stone; rocks (pl.), cliff, crag; reef
Latin word, found 53 times in the texts on Socratos.
Vergil, Aeneid 3.534: obiectae salsa spumant aspargine cautes;
Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 13.21.13: Ennius item rectos cupressos dixit contra receptum vocabuli genus hoc versu: Cautibus nutantis pinos rectosque cupressos. Firmior ei, credo, et viridior sonus esse vocis visus
All forms of cautes