See also: Cadaver, cadáver , and cadàver

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Recorded since c.1500, borrowed from Latin cadāver.

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cadaver (plural cadavers)

A dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected.

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From the Latin verb cadō (“I fall”), as a euphemism for dying, "the fallen one". This etymology is found as early as ca. 200 in the writings of Tertullian, who associated cadaver to cadendo : Atque adeo caro est quae morte subruitur, ut exinde a cadendo cadaver enuntietur, in English Indeed, the flesh is that which is subsumed by death, and may thereafter be termed "cadaver." (Tertullian, De Resurrectione Carnis).

A folk etymology derives cadaver syllabically from the Latin expression caro data vermibus (flesh given to worms). This etymology, more popular in Romance countries, can be traced back as early as the Schoolmen of the Middle Ages.

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cadāver n (genitive cadāveris); third declension

A corpse, cadaver, carcass

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Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural Nominative cadāver cadāvera Genitive cadāveris cadāverum Dative cadāverī cadāveribus Accusative cadāver cadāvera Ablative cadāvere cadāveribus Vocative cadāver cadāvera

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