cavaedium
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
cavaedium (plural cavaedia)
- (architecture) The central hall or court within an Ancient Roman house.
Synonyms
Latin
Etymology
Contraction of cavum aedium (literally “the hollow of the house”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kaˈu̯ae̯.di.um/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kaˈve.di.um/,
Noun
cavaedium n (genitive cavaediī or cavaedī); second declension
- (architecture) cavaedium, atrium, central hall
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| 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
References
- “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.