cavaedium
English
editEtymology
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editNoun
editcavaedium (plural cavaedia)
- (architecture) The central hall or court within an Ancient Roman house.
Synonyms
editLatin
editEtymology
editContraction of cavum aedium (literally “the hollow of the house”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kaˈu̯ae̯.di.um/, [käˈu̯äe̯d̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kaˈve.di.um/, [käˈvɛːd̪ium]
Noun
editcavaedium n (genitive cavaediī or cavaedī); second declension
- (architecture) cavaedium, atrium, central hall
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
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).
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “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.
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