cauma

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cauma (“heat”), from Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma, “heat, especially of the sun”). Probably a doublet of calm.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kaʊˈmə/

Noun

cauma

  1. Great heat, as of the body in fever.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma, “heat, especially of the sun”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cauma n (genitive caumatis); third declension

  1. heat
  2. (by extension) heat of the day

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cauma caumata
Genitive caumatis caumatum
Dative caumatī caumatibus
Accusative cauma caumata
Ablative caumate caumatibus
Vocative cauma caumata

Descendants

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