Caieta

See also: cajeta

Latin

Alternative forms

• Caiētē

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Καιήτη (Kaiḗtē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ka.iˈeː.ta/, [käiˈeːt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.iˈe.ta/, [käiˈɛːt̪ä]

Proper noun

Caiēta f sg (genitive Caiētae); first declension

1. the nurse of Aeneas
2. Gaeta (a town and harbour in Latium)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Caiēta
Genitive	Caiētae
Dative	Caiētae
Accusative	Caiētam
Ablative	Caiētā
Vocative	Caiēta
Locative	Caiētae

Synonyms

• (Gaeta: a town and harbour in Latium): Portus Cāiētae

Derived terms

• Caiētānus
• Portus Caiētae

Descendants

• ?French: Caiète
• ?Italian: Gaeta

References

• “Cāiēta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Cāiēta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 241/2.
• “Caiēta” on page 255/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Further reading

• Caieta on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la