caium

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Gaulish *kagyom, from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“pen, enclosure”). Doublet of cohum.

Pronunciation

Noun

caium n (genitive caiī); second declension[1][2]

  1. (Medieval Latin) storehouse, shop, workshop
  2. (Medieval Latin) quay, wharf

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative caium caia
genitive caiī caiōrum
dative caiō caiīs
accusative caium caia
ablative caiō caiīs
vocative caium caia

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “caja”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 114
  2. ^ caium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
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