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căco, āvi, ātum, āre, v. n. and a.,—κακάω, to go to stool, to be at stool.

  1. I. Neutr., Pompon. ap. Non. p. 84, 2: toto decies in anno, Cat. 23, 20; *Hor. S. 1, 8, 38; Mart. 12, 61, 10.
  2. II. Act., Pompon. ap. Non. p. 84, 1 (Com. Rel. p. 209 Rib.): canes odorem mixtum cum merdis cacant, Phaedr. 4, 17, 25; Mart. 3, 89.
    Also, to defile with excrement: cacata charta, Cat. 36, 1 and 20.

† căcŏēthĕs, is, n., = κακόηθες, τό (bad state or habit); in medic. lang., an obstinate, malignant disease, Cels. 5, 28, n 2; Plin. 24, 3, 3, § 7.
Plur. cacoëthe = κακοήθη, τά, Plin. 22, 25, 64, § 132; 24, 10, 47, § 78.
Hence,

  1. B. Trop., an incurable passion for writing or scribbling: insanabile Scribendi cacoëthes, Juv. 7, 52.

căcŏmĕter or căcŏmĕtrus, a, um, adj., faulty in metre, unmetrical, Juba ap. Prisc. Mer. Ter. 58.

Căcomnēmon, ŏnis, m., title of a mime of Laberius, Gell. 16, 7, 8.

căcŏphăton, i, n., a union of two or more disagreeable sounds which form an equivocal word or expression, cacophony, Quint. 8, 3.

căcŏphōnia, ae, f. [κακόσ-φωνή], a disagreeable sound formed by the meeting of syllables or words, cacophong, Mod. Lat.

† căcŏsynthĕton, i, n., = κακοσύνθετον; in rhet., an incorrect connection of words (as, e. g. Verg. A. 9, 610): quod male collocatum, id κακοσύνθετον Vocant, Quint. 8, 3, 59; cf. Don. p. 1771 P.; Charis. p. 243 ib.; Serv. ad Verg. l. l.; Isid. Orig. 1, 33, 12; Lucil. ap. Vel. Long. p. 2214 P.

† căcŏzēlĭa, ae, f., = κακοζηλία, a bad, faulty, awkward imitation, Sen. Contr. 4, 24 fin.; id. Suas. 7; Quint. 2, 3, 9 (written as Greek, id. 8, 6, 73; cf. κακόζηλον; id. 8, 3, 56); cf. Diom. p. 446 P.

† căcŏzēlus, a, um, adj., = κακόζηλος, a bad imitator (cf. cacozelia), * Suet. Aug. 86; Ascon. Cic. Caecil. 6, 21; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 56 sqq.