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Caesar
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caesar Cäsar Cæsar
English
Alternative forms
en Cæsar archaic
en Cesar obsolete
Etymology
From en la Caesar. Displaced ang cāsere, which would have yielded en *caser, en *coser, and enm keiser, enm kaiser, from Old Norse and continental Germanic languages, all ultimately from the same Latin root. See also en Kaiser and en tsar and compare enm Cesar.26013
Pronunciation
en /ˈsiːzə/ ; /ˈkaɪ.zə/<a:Latinate> /ˈkaɪ.sɑː/ RP
en /ˈsizəɹ/ ; /ˈkaɪ.zəɹ/<a:Latinate> /ˈkaɪ.sɑɹ/ GA
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Caesar.wav Southern England
en iːzə(ɹ) aɪzə(ɹ) aɪsɑː(ɹ) 2
en seizer ; Kaiser<a:Latinate>
Proper noun
s es
An ancient Roman family name, notably that of Julius Caesar.
en w:William Rainey Harper; Herbert Cushing Tolman Eight Books of Caesar’s Gallic War New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Oh.; Chicago, Ill. American Book Company 1891 2 The Caesars were an ancient and aristocratic family, which for eight generations had been prominent in the commonwealth.
en Papers and Monographs of the American Academy in Rome 16 1955 100 Habel, 63 ff., believes that up to 51 the emperors bestowed priesthoods on the Caesares, using their special power of commendation; but that these Caesares were forced to wait until a place in a college was vacant; that after 51 the Caesares were elected by the senate.
en w:Taylor Caldwell A Pillar of Iron Doubleday 1965 128 9780449239520 To the powerful, the Caesares were flattering, deferential, sincerely devoted, self-sacrificing, loyal, eagerly serving.
en Collection Latomus 142 1975 39 Five of the Caesares were killed during the years 90-85 (D. G., 3, 114).
en w:Antichthon 34–36 1996 56 Off. 1.133 and Att. 13.19.4 do not establish the uterine relationship of Catulus and the Caesares, merely the fact that Catulus and the Caesares were regarded as fratres.
en w:Friedrich Münzer Thérèse Ridley Roman Aristocratic Parties and Families w:Johns Hopkins University Press 1999 319 9780801859908 Of the two plebeian candidates Silanus obviously counted on the assistance of Manlius, who was in office and to whom he was related from the grandfather, but his rival, a Minucius who had become a Marcius, counted on the patrician rival Caesar and on the other consul, L. Aurelius Cotta, because the Caesares were related by marriage both with the Marcii and the Cottae; in fact, Silanus was defeated by their coalition.
en Richard W[alter] Hooper Representative Chapters in Ancient History: From Romulus to Justinian w:University Press of America 2000 542 9780761818199 The Pulchri were a branch of the Clodius family, just as the Caesares were of the Julii.
en w:Ernst Badian From the Iulii to Caesar Miriam Griffin A Companion to Julius Caesar Wiley Blackwell 2009 15 978-1-4051-4923-5 He was joined on this commission by C. Caesar Strabo (RE Iulius no. 135), of another branch of the Caesares, who had stressed his heritage by adding the old Julian praenomen Vopiscus (see the cos. 473, MRR 1.29) to his name as a cognomen.
en w:Simon Hornblower; Antony Spawforth; w:Esther Eidinow The Oxford Classical Dictionary 4th w:Oxford University Press 2012 755 978-0-19-954556-8 By about the middle of the 2nd cent., the Caesares were claiming descent from *Ascanius and, through him, from his grandmother Venus (see the coins Crawford, RRC 258, 129 bc, and 320, 103 bc, the latter with a symbolic reference to Apollo, the ancient god of the gens).
en figuratively The government; society; earthly powers.
Matthew 22 21 Render therefore vnto Ceſar, the things which are Ceſars: and vnto God, the things that are Gods.
en The past and present life of the globe 9 https://books.google.com/books?id=LjwDAAAAQAAJ David Page 1861 let it be clearly understood that we are dealing with Life solely in its geological aspects. We appeal unto Caesar; let us be judged by Caesar’s laws. http://books.google.com/books?id=LjwDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA9&dq=%22Caesar%27s+laws%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Py3jUfTbNofa4AOQ_ICoAg&ved=0CJABEOgBMBE4eA#v=onepage&q=%22Caesar%27s%20laws%22&f=false
en Awake 38 14 6 https://books.google.com/books?id=bsAEAAAAYAAJ 1957 Caesar may discriminate unjustly against certain races. Christians are not to take issue with Caesar's laws on such matters and flout them, but should submit.
en On Doing Local History 76 https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0759102538 Carol Kammen 2003 It is the story of churches that split apart over this issue and of ministers finding ways to justify the return of slaves because they were under the aegis of the laws of Caesar, not the laws of God.
en God Is My Broker https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0307799557 Christopher Buckley 2012 But I know that Caesar's laws have been broken, and someone has to pay. I'm your man. These are good monks. If they committed any crime, it was to believe in me. http://books.google.com/books?id=OrEoO6eiIvcC&pg=PT204&dq=%22Caesar%27s+laws%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=LizjUZ6zKrPI4APgloBI&ved=0CDoQ6AEwATha
Derived terms
en Terms derived from Caesar Caesar cut Caesar cipher Caesar substitution Julius Caesar cipher Caesarism Bloody Caesar caesarean,cesarean,caesarian,cesarian caesarean section,cesarean section,cesarian section Caesar salad Caesar weed Caesardom Caesarian Caesarist Cesarean Cesarian cæsarean Cæsarean Cæsarian cæsarian Caesar's wife Caesar's wife should be above suspicion render unto Caesar
Related terms
en czar, en tsar, en tzar
en kaiser
en caesar
en Ceasar, en Casar, en Cesar, en Cæsar, it Cesare
en Caesarean
Translations
ancient Roman family name
Afrikaans: af Caesar
Aghwan: xag 𐕄𐔶𐕚𐔰𐕙
Albanian: sq Çezari m definite
Arabic: ar قَيْصَر m
Armenian: hy Կեսար
Azerbaijani: az Sezar, az Qeysər
Bactrian: xbc Κησαρο
Belarusian: be Цэ́зар m
Bulgarian: bg Це́зар m
Catalan: ca Cèsar m
Cherokee: chr ᏏᏌ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 愷撒 Kǎisā, cmn 凱撒 Kǎisǎ
Coptic: cop ⲕⲁⲓⲥⲁⲣ
Czech: cs Caesar m
Danish: da Cæsar c
Dutch: nl Caesar m
Egyptian: egy qysrs
Esperanto: eo Cezaro
Estonian: et Caesar
Finnish: fi Caesar
French: fr César m
Middle French: frm Cæsar m
Galician: gl César m
Georgian: ka კეისარი
German: de Cäsar, de Caesar, de Zäsar m, de Kaiser m
Greek: el Καίσαρας m
Ancient Greek: grc Καῖσαρ m
Hebrew: he קֵיסָר m keysár
Hindi: hi सीज़र m, hi क़ैसर m
Icelandic: is Sesar m
Ido: io Caesar
Indonesian: id Caesar
Irish: ga Caesar m
Italian: it Cesare m
Japanese: ja カエサル Kaesaru, ja シーザー Shīzā
Kazakh: kk Цезарь
Khmer: km សេសារ
Korean: ko ^카이사르, ko ^시저
Kyrgyz: ky Цезарь
Latin: la Caesar m
Latvian: lv Cēzars m
Lithuanian: lt Cezaris m
Macedonian: mk Це́зар m
Malay: ms Caesar
Marathi: mr सीजर m
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Цезарь
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Cæsar m
Odia: or ସିଜର
Persian:
Dari: prs قَیْصَر
Iranian Persian: fa-ira قِیْصَر, fa-ira سِزار
Middle Persian: pal 𐭪𐭩𐭮𐭫 kēsar
Polish: pl Cezar m
Portuguese: pt César m
Romanian: ro Cezar
Russian: ru Це́зарь m, ru Ке́сарь m obsolete
Scottish Gaelic: gd Cèasar m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Цезар m
Latin: sh Cezar m
Sicilian: scn Cìsari m, scn Cèsari m
Slovak: sk Caesar m
Slovene: sl Cezar m
Spanish: es César m
Swedish: sv Caesar c
Tajik: tg Сезар
Thai: th ซีซาร์
Turkish: tr Sezar
Turkmen: tk Kaýsar
Ukrainian: uk Це́зар m
Urdu: ur کَیسَر m, ur سِیزَر m, ur قَیْصَر m
Uyghur: ug كايسار
Uzbek: uz Sezar
Welsh: cy Cesar m
Noun
+ es<q:title>
A title of Roman emperors.
en The Classical Review III London David Nutt,270 Strand 1889 232 Constantius Chlorus and Galerius became Caesares in 293;
en The Archaeology and History of the Carpi from the Second to the Fourth Century AD 1976 171 9780904531558 Owing to the victories gained in the wars from 295-297, the two Augusti, Diocletian and Maximian, and the two Caesares, Galerius and Constantius Chlorus, took the title of Carpicus Maximus, the last three receiving this title five times after the fighting from 302-303 (see Table 13).
en w:Fergus Millar The Roman Near East, 31 BC – AD 337 Cambridge, Mass. w:Harvard University Press 1993 182 0-674-77886-3 For within the principia the highest, and focal, point of the whole ensemble is formed by the ‘temple of the standards’, on whose lintel a Latin inscription proudly proclaimed the completion of the work: ‘The Repairers of their world and Propagators of the human race, our Lords Diocletianus and Maximianus, the most unconquered Imperatores, and Constantius and Maximianus (i.e., Galerius), the most noble Caesares, have successfully founded the camp (castra), under the care of Sossianus Hierocles, vir perfectissimus, governor (praeses) of the province, devoted to their numen and maiestas’.
An absolute ruler; an autocrat.
en Caesar salad.
en Cara Goldsbury The Luxury Guide to Walt Disney World® Resort: How to Get the Most Out of the Best Disney Has to Offer 3rd Guilford, Conn. GPP Travel 2010 309 https://archive.org/details/luxuryguidetowal0000gold_x0w7/page/309/mode/1up 978-0-7627-6040-4 A garlicky Caesar is a nice starter with whole Romaine leaves and crispy sourdough croutons, but most can’t resist the creamy, but very rich, signature lobster soup.
en Paul Sunshine Murphy The Island Caper 2nd Mustang, Okla. w:Tate Publishing & Enterprises 2012 48 https://archive.org/details/islandcaper0000paul/page/48/mode/1up 978-1-62295-199-4 I tell her that I would love a Caesar, which happens to be my favorite salad.
en Canada A Caesar cocktail.
en medicine colloquial en Caesarean section.
Alternative forms
en caesar
Derived terms
en Caesarism
en Caesarize
en Caesarship
Translations
a title of Roman emperors
Afrikaans: af keiser, af keisers p
Aghwan: xag 𐕄𐔶𐕚𐔰𐕙
Arabic: ar قَيْصَر m
Azerbaijani: az qeysər
Bulgarian: bg це́зар m, bg ке́сар m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 凱撒 Kǎisā
Czech: cs cézar m, cs Caesar m, cs césar m
Danish: da cæsar c
Dutch: nl caesar m
Faroese: fo keisari m
Finnish: fi Caesar
Galician: gl césar m
Greek: el καίσαρας m
Ancient Greek: grc Καῖσαρ m
Hindi: hi कयसर m, hi क़ैसर m
Icelandic: is keisari m
Ido: io cezaro
Indonesian: id kaisar
Kazakh: kk Цезарь
Malayalam: ml കൈസർ
Parthian: xpr 𐭊𐭉𐭎𐭓 kēsar
Persian:
Dari: prs قَیْصَر
Iranian Persian: fa-ira قِیْصَر, fa-ira سِزار
Middle Persian: pal 𐭪𐭩𐭮𐭫 kēsar
Polish: pl cezar m
Portuguese: pt césar m
Punjabi: pa ਕੈਸਰ
Russian: ru це́зарь m, ru ке́сарь m obsolete
Tamil: ta சீசர்
Turkmen: tk kaýsar
Urdu: ur قَیْصَر m
References
Anagrams
en aacers Ceasar acrase araces arecas resaca sacrae
en eponyms
en Ancient Rome Cocktails Heads of state Roman Empire Titles
Czech
Pronunciation
Cézar
Proper noun
m-an Caesarův
en Caesar ancient Roman family name
Declension
m.an
Finnish
Etymology
fi la Caesar
Pronunciation
keessar
Proper noun
en Caesar Roman cognomen
Declension
Caesar a 0
German
Pronunciation
de [ˈt͡sɛːzaʁ] standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland
de [ˈt͡seːzaʁ] overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions
de Cae sar
de De-Caesar.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m.weak
de Cäsar
Declension
m.weak
Further reading
Latin
Alternative forms
la CAES
Etymology
la; the etymology was subject to many interpretations in antiquity, all of which remain doubtful. Among these are:
From a la xpu - word for “elephant”. This etymology was endorsed by Julius Caesar himself, thereby following the claims of his family that they inherited the cognomen from an ancestor, who had received the name after killing an elephant, possibly during the first Punic war.
A clipping of la caesariēs long, flowing hair: Since Caesar was balding, this interpretation might have been part of the anti-Caesarian mockery. This is, however, morphologically the most likely variant.
From la caesiī caesiī oculī blue eyes: Caesar's eyes were black, but since the despotic dictator Sulla had had blue eyes, this interpretation might have been created as part of the anti-Caesarian propaganda in order to present Caesar as a tyrant.
From la caesus caesus mātris uterus born by caesarean section cut from the mother's womb: In theory this might go back to an unknown Julian ancestor who was born in this way. On the other hand, it could also have been part of the anti-Caesarian propaganda.
From the verb la caedō to cut, strike via la caesum comma, slaughter supine, to which might thus have been attached the clipped suffix la -ar a substantivisation of the neuter adjectival suffix -āre: In the argument of the Julians, for receiving a sodality of the Lupercalia. The praenomen la Kaeso (or la Caeso) was best known from the Quinctii and the Fabii, possibly derived from their ritual duty of striking with the goat-skin at the luperci Quinctiales and the luperci Fabiani.
Pronunciation
la Cae sar
Proper noun
Caesar/Caesar<3.both> m
a Roman cognomen of the gens Iulia, notably that of Gaius Iulius Caesar, subsequently used as an imperial title.
Declension
Caesar/Caesar<3.both>
Descendants
2 desc
1 sq Çezar
1 grc Καῖσαρ
ar قَيْصَر 1
arc - 1
arc קיסר 1 qaysar, qēsar
syc ܩܣܪ 1 qaysar, qēsar
1 en Caesar
1 he קֵיסָר
1 it Cesare
ko 카이사르 1
1 enm Cesar 1; enm cesar 1
en Cesar obsolete
1 frm Cæsar
fr César
pro 1
ca Cèsar
oc Cesar
1 gem-pro *kaisaraz
1 roa-opt Cesar
gl César
pt César
1 rgn Zéșar Zéẓar
ro Cezar 1
1 ru Це́зарь
es 1 César
cy 1 Cesar
References
la cognomina
Swedish
Alternative forms
sv Cesar
Proper noun
c
sv male rare la:Caesar
Roman cognomen, especially referring to Julius Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar