caducus

cadūcus adj.

1 CAD-, that falls, that has fallen, falling, fallen : frondes, V.: lacrimae, O.: poma, Pr.: lignum In domini caput, H.: fulmen, hurled , H.: bello caduci Dardanidae, fallen in war , V.: iuvenis, destined to die , V.— Inclined to fall, that easily falls : vitis, quae naturā caduca est.— Fig., frail, fleeting, perishable, transitory, vain : res humanae: fragile et caducum (opp. stabile et firmum): spes, futile , O.: preces, ineffectual , O.— In law, lapsed, vacant, having no heir : hereditates; hence, doctrinae possessio quasi caduca.—As subst n., property without an heir, an unowned estate : dulce, Iu.