caseus
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown according to De Vaan.[1] The old hypothesis deriving it from Proto-Indo-European *kwh₂et- (“to ferment, become sour”)[2] has the problem that *w isn't supposed to disappear in Latin (the expected outcome would start with qua- and not ca-) .
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkaː.se.us/, [ˈkäːs̠eʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈka.se.us/, [ˈkäːs̬eus]
Noun[edit]
cāseus m (genitive cāseī); second declension
- cheese
- Synonyms: fōrmāticum, fōrmāgium (medieval)
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cāseus | cāseī |
Genitive | cāseī | cāseōrum |
Dative | cāseō | cāseīs |
Accusative | cāseum | cāseōs |
Ablative | cāseō | cāseīs |
Vocative | cāsee | cāseī |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “Cāseus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- ^ Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938), “caseus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, pages 176f
- ^ Ferguson, Ronnie. 2006. A linguistic history of Venice. Florence: Olschki. 254.
Further reading[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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “caseus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, pages –456-58