e caudata
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See also: e-caudata
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin ē caudāta (literally “tailed e”).
Pronunciation
Noun
e caudata (plural e caudatae)
- A form of the letter e modified by the addition of a diacritical “tail”: ⟨ę⟩.
- Used in Latin for a long ē that represents an etymological ⟨ae⟩ or ⟨oe⟩ diphthong, both of which diphthongs had phonologically merged into ⟨ē⟩ by the early Mediaeval period.
- Used in Middle and Early Modern Irish for ⟨e⟩, ⟨ae⟩, and ⟨ea⟩.
- Used in Old Norse for /æ(ː)/, representing the Proto-Germanic *a (as opposed to the Proto-Germanic *e).
Translations
letter e with a diacritical tail
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Latin
Etymology
The caudāta (“tailed, caudate”) is feminine because it elliptically qualifies littera ē (“ letter e”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /eː kau̯ˈdaː.ta/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e kau̯ˈda.ta/,
Noun
- (Medieval Latin) e caudata (used in Latin)
Declension
Indeclinable portion with a first-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ē caudāta | ē caudātae |
| genitive | ē caudātae | ē caudātārum |
| dative | ē caudātae | ē caudātīs |
| accusative | ē caudātam | ē caudātās |
| ablative | ē caudātā | ē caudātīs |
| vocative | ē caudāta | ē caudātae |
Descendants
- → English: e caudata