cavaedium

English

Etymology

Latin cavaedium

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kə.ˈviː.di.əm/
  • Hyphenation: ca‧vae‧di‧um

Noun

cavaedium (plural cavaedia)

  1. (architecture) The central hall or court within an Ancient Roman house.

Synonyms

Latin

Etymology

Contraction of cavum aedium (literally “the hollow of the house”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kaˈwae̯.di.um/, [kaˈwae̯.di.ũ]

Noun

cavaedium n (genitive cavaediī); second declension

  1. (architecture) cavaedium, atrium, central hall

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cavaedium cavaedia
Genitive cavaediī
cavaedī1		 cavaediōrum
Dative cavaediō cavaediīs
Accusative cavaedium cavaedia
Ablative cavaediō cavaediīs
Vocative cavaedium cavaedia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References
  • cavaedium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cavaedium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.