Caia

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See also: caia and caía

Latin

Pronunciation

(original)
- (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaː.i.a/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.i.a/,
(later)
- (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaː.i̯a/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ja/,
(hypercorrect)
- (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkaː.i.a/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.i.a/,
(hypercorrect)
- (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkaː.i̯a/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ja/,

Proper noun

Cāia f (genitive Cāiae, masculine Cāius); first declension

Alternative form of Gāia

Usage notes

1876, "C" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, page 616:
The symbol retained its old value only when as the initial letter it represented the names Gaius and Gnæus, which, in consequence, are often erroneously written and sounded Caius and Cnæus.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Cāia	Cāiae
Genitive	Cāiae	Cāiārum
Dative	Cāiae	Cāiīs
Accusative	Cāiam	Cāiās
Ablative	Cāiā	Cāiīs
Vocative	Cāia	Cāiae

References

“Caia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Caia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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