Caieta
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See also: cajeta
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek Καιήτη (Kaiḗtē).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kai̯ˈi̯eː.ta/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kaˈje.ta/,
Proper noun
Caiēta f sg (genitive Caiētae); first declension
- (Greek mythology) The nurse of Aeneas.
- Gaeta (a town and harbour in Latium, Italy)
- Synonym: Portus Cāiētae
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Caiēta |
| genitive | Caiētae |
| dative | Caiētae |
| accusative | Caiētam |
| ablative | Caiētā |
| vocative | Caiēta |
| locative | Caiētae |
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “Cāiēta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Cāiēta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 241/2.
- “Caiēta” on page 255/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- “Caieta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Caieta”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
- “Caieta”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- “Caieta”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray