caseus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *kwat- (“to ferment, become sour”). Related to Old English hwaþerian (“to roar, foam, surge”), dialectal Swedish hvå (“foam”), Latvian kūsāt (“to boil”), Old Church Slavonic квасъ (kvasŭ, “leaven; sour drink”), Sanskrit क्वथते (kváthate, “it boils”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cāseus m (genitive cāseī); second declension
Inflection[edit]
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cāseus | cāseī |
| genitive | cāseī | cāseōrum |
| dative | cāseō | cāseīs |
| accusative | cāseum | cāseōs |
| ablative | cāseō | cāseīs |
| vocative | cāsee | cāseī |
Synonyms[edit]
- (cheese): fōrmāticum
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Aromanian: cash
- Corsican: casgiu
- Dalmatian: chis
- English: casein
- Italian: cacio
- Ladin: ciajuel
- Neapolitan: caso
- Old Irish: cáise
- Old Leonese: keso
References[edit]
- caseus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- caseus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- caseus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- caseus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- caseus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
