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Etymology
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Proper noun
Cardea m or f by sense
- a surname
Latin
Etymology
From cardō (“hinge”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Cardea f sg (genitive Cardeae); first declension
- (Roman mythology) The goddess who presided over the hinges of doors and therefore over the family
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
References
- “Cardea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Cardea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.