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caius

/kiːz/

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What does caius mean?

proper noun

  1. (informal) Ellipsis of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.

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/kiːz/

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If we and Caius Martius chance to meet, ’Tis sworn between us we shall ever strike Till one can do no more.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
The barbarian hereupon immediately fled, and leaving his sword in the place rushed out of doors, crying only this, "I cannot kill Caius Marius."
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674
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How different he was from young Plymdale or Mr. Caius Larcher!
George EliotMiddlemarchProject Gutenberg ebook #145
From one part of the city, looking out beyond the walls, a squat and stunted pyramid (the burial-place of Caius Cestius) makes an opaque triangle in the moonlight.
Charles DickensPictures from ItalyProject Gutenberg ebook #650
Among his students and associates was the Englishman Caius, who lived in the same house with him.
William, Sir OslerThe Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913Project Gutenberg ebook #1566