Caveat. (As in beware)

How do you prouncounc it. (and how should it be pronounced)

I have heard some people say "Cah Veet" (normally when they apply Empor after it) while others say "Cah Vee Aht". As in "Caveat that with...."

Please pedant away..

Is this a Latin phrase?

Ross

As a general rule Latin doesn't have silent letters and is pretty much phonetic.

So, Cav-ee-at

No idea how it should be pronounced, but that's the one I use, and frankly the only one I've heard..

Andrew's spelling is a closer approximation of how I'd say it.

Although we're on track now with caveat, seeing as I've been granted permission to be a pedant, it's "emptor"

I'd go with Kav-ee-at. With or without emptor.

Sorry, Ross, nobody answered you.

Yes, it's Latin and normally seen in the phrase Caveat Emptor - let the buyer beware.

For example, you could say that when buying a used car from a private seller the rule of caveat emptor applies - in that it's the buyer's responsibility to ensure that the car is working and suitable. Unless the seller has deliberately misled the buyer then the sale is final and the buyer can't hold the seller responsible if the engine blows up and all the wheels drop off at the end of the seller's driveway.

The phrase also shows Latin's great economy of words. The subjunctive tense [or the spelling at the end of Caveat ] implies the meaning of allowance, as Andrew says "Let".

Also no definite article required.

The important word in a Latin phrase is denoted by its position in the sentence, usually strongest at the very end, even being plucked out of the middle. On occasions it's dragged k and s to the very front of the sentence where it is designed to act like an uppercut
Here the emphasis in only two words could be construed as being fairly evenly weighted.

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