Caia

See also: caia and caía

Latin

Pronunciation

• (original) (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaː.i.a/, [ˈɡäːiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.i.a/, [ˈɡäːiä]
• (later) (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaː.i̯a/, [ˈɡäːi̯ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ja/, [ˈɡäːjä]
• (hypercorrect) (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkaː.i.a/, [ˈkäːiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.i.a/, [ˈkäːiä]
• (hypercorrect) (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkaː.i̯a/, [ˈkäːi̯ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ja/, [ˈkäːjä]

Proper noun

Cāia f (genitive Cāiae, masculine Cāius); first declension

1. Alternative form of Gāia

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Cāia	Cāiae
Genitive	Cāiae	Cāiārum
Dative	Cāiae	Cāiīs
Accusative	Cāiam	Cāiās
Ablative	Cāiā	Cāiīs
Vocative	Cāia	Cāiae

Usage notes

• 1876, "C" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, page 616:

  The symbol [C] retained its old value [/ɡ/] only when as the initial letter it represented the names Gaius and Gnæus, which, in consequence, are often erroneously written and sounded Caius and Cnæus.

References

• “Caia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Caia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.