caunea

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Latin

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Noun

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caunea f (genitive cauneae); first declension

  1. dried fig (from Caunos)
    • 1928, H.C. Nutting, Ad Alpes – A tale of Roman Life, page 86:
      Nam modo in viā aliquem fīcōs vēndentem audīvī, quī identidem 'cauneās' clāmāret.
      For I just heard someone selling figs in the street and calling out "cauneās" again and again.

Inflection

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative caunea cauneae
Genitive cauneae cauneārum
Dative cauneae cauneīs
Accusative cauneam cauneās
Ablative cauneā cauneīs
Vocative caunea cauneae