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cădāver , ĕris, n. cado, I. B. 2.; cf. Isid. Orig. 11, 2, 35, and the Gr. πτῶμα, from πίπτω.
I. Lit., a dead body of man or brute, a corpse, carcass (class.).
A. Of man: “taetra cadavera,Lucr. 2, 415; 3, 719; 4, 682; 6, 1154; “6, 1273: aqua cadaveribus inquinata,Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97.—Freq. of the bodies of slaves, criminals, etc., Cic. Mil. 13, 33; Hor. S. 1, 8, 8; 2, 5, 85.—Of the dead bodies of those who fell in war, Caes. B. G. 7, 77; Sall. C. 61, 4; 61, 8; id. J. 101 fin.; Flor. 2, 6, 18; 3, 2, 85; Val. Max. 7, 6, 5.—Of the body of Caligula, Suet. Calig. 59: “semiustum,id. Dom. 15 al.: “informe,Verg. A. 8, 264.—Esp., as med. t. t. for a corpse: “recentia,Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 233; 11, 37, 70, § 184; Val. Max. 9, 2, ext. 10; Sen. Contr. 10, 34.—
B. Of brutes: “aggerat ipsis In stabulis turpi dilapsa cadavera tabo,Verg. G. 3, 557.—Hence, as a term of reproach of a despised, worthless man, a carcass: “ab hoc ejecto cadavere quidquam mihi aut opis aut ornamenti expetebam?Cic. Pis. 9, 19; 33, 82.—*
II. Meton., the remains, ruins of desolated towns: tot oppidŭm cadavera, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4.
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    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 4.5.4
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 7.77
    • Cicero, For Milo, 13.33
    • Cicero, Against Piso, 9.19
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 8.264
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    • Florus, Epitome Rerum Romanorum, 2.6.18
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 7.6.5
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 9.2
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