cena
Czech
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *cěna, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kainā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛna/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛna
Declension
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Italian
Etymology
From Latin cēna, from Proto-Italic *kert(e)snā, from Proto-Indo-European *kert-s-nh₂ (“portion”), from *ker-, *sker-. Compare Spanish cena and Portuguese ceia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.na/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: cé‧na
Derived terms
Verb
cena
- inflection of cenare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *kert(e)snā (compare Umbrian śesna, Oscan kersnu), from Proto-Indo-European *kert-s-nh₂ (“portion”), from root (s)kert- (“to cut”), from *(s)ker- (compare Lithuanian kérti, Armenian քերթել (kʿertʿel, “to skin”), Sanskrit कृन्तति (kṛntáti, “he cuts (in pieces)”)).[1] Related to cortex, scortum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkeː.na/
Noun
cēna f (genitive cēnae); first declension
Inflection
First declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cēna | cēnae |
Genitive | cēnae | cēnārum |
Dative | cēnae | cēnīs |
Accusative | cēnam | cēnās |
Ablative | cēnā | cēnīs |
Vocative | cēna | cēnae |
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Descendants
References
- cena in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cena in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cena in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- cena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the main dish: caput cenae (Fin. 2. 8. 25)
- to invite some one to dinner: aliquem vocare, invitare ad cenam
- to accept an invitiation to dinner: promittere (ad cenam) (Off. 3. 14. 58)
- during dinner; at table: inter cenam, inter epulas
- to invite oneself to some one's house for dinner: condicere alicui (ad cenam)
- to welcome some one to one's table: adhibere aliquem cenae or ad cenam, convivio or in convivium
- to set a repast before a person: cenam alicui apponere
- the main dish: caput cenae (Fin. 2. 8. 25)
- cena in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cena in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- Michiel de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages (Leiden: Brill, 2008), 106.
Polish
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *cěna, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kainā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛ.na/
audio (file)
Declension
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Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈse.nɐ/
Noun
cena f (plural cenas)
Quotations
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:cena.
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (Ijekavian) cijéna
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *cěna, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kainā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tsěːna/
- Hyphenation: ce‧na
Declension
Slovak
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *cěna, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kainā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛna/
Noun
cena f (genitive singular ceny, nominative plural ceny, genitive plural cien, declension pattern of žena)
Declension
Derived terms
- cenový
- cenovo, cenove
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *cěna, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kainā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtsèːna/
- Tonal orthography: cẹ́na
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin cēna, from Proto-Italic *kert(e)snā, from Proto-Indo-European *kert-s-nh₂ (“portion”), from *ker-, *sker-.
Pronunciation
- (z-s distinction) IPA(key): /ˈθena/
- (seseo merger) IPA(key): /ˈsena/
Derived terms
Verb
cena
Further reading
- “cena” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.