cavea

Latin

Etymology

Noun use of the neuter plural of adjective cavus.

Pronunciation

Noun

cavea f (genitive caveae); first declension

  1. hollow, cavity
  2. cage, den, enclosure, stall, coop, beehive, birdcage
  3. the seats in a theatre
  4. the sockets of the eyes
  5. the roof of the mouth

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cavea caveae
Genitive caveae caveārum
Dative caveae caveīs
Accusative caveam caveās
Ablative caveā caveīs
Vocative cavea caveae

Synonyms

Descendants
  • Middle Low German: kōje (borrowing)
  • Old Portuguese:
  • Old Occitan:
  • Sicilian: cagghia, gagghia
  • Spanish: gavia, cávea (borrowing), gayola (from diminutive *caveola)
  • Venetian: càbia, gàbia, chèba, ghèba

References
  • cavea in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cavea in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cavea in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • cavea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • cavea in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
  • cavea in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cavea in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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