cavea

See also: cávea

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cavea. Doublet of gaggia and gabbia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ve.a/
• Rhymes: -avea
• Hyphenation: cà‧ve‧a

Noun

cavea f (plural cavee)

1. the seats in ancient theatres and amphitheatres

Related terms

• gabbia
• gaggia

Further reading

• cavea in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

From cavus (similar to alveus from alvus).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.u̯e.a/, [ˈkäu̯eä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ve.a/, [ˈkäːveä]

Noun

cavea f (genitive caveae); first declension

1. hollow, cavity
2. cage, den, enclosure, stall, coop, beehive, birdcage
3. the seats in a theatre
4. the sockets of the eyes
5. the roof of the mouth

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cavea	caveae
Genitive	caveae	caveārum
Dative	caveae	caveīs
Accusative	caveam	caveās
Ablative	caveā	caveīs
Vocative	cavea	caveae

Synonyms

• (beehive): alvārium, alveārium, alveus, alvus, apiārium, mellārium

Derived terms

• caveola

Descendants

• Eastern Romance
  • Istro-Romanian: cåibĕ
• Gallo-Italic
  • Ligurian: gàggia
    • → Italian: gaggia
  • Romagnol: gàbia
• Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italian: gabbia
  • >? Sicilian: cagghia
• Old French: cage
  • French: cage
  • → Middle English: cage, kage, gage
    • English: cage
    • Scots: cage
  • → Sicilian: gaggia, jaggia
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: gàbia
  • Occitan: gàbia
• Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulian: cabie, chebe
• Venetian: càbia, gàbia, chèba, ghèba
• West Iberian
  • Old Galician-Portuguese:
    • Galician: gabia
    • Portuguese: gaiva
  • Spanish: gavia

Borrowings

• → Catalan: càvea
• → Italian: cavea
• → Middle Dutch: coye, koye
  • Dutch: kooi (see there for further descendants)
• → Middle Low German: kōje
  • Low German: Kooj
  • → Danish: køje
  • → German: Koje
  • → Icelandic: koja
  • → Norwegian: køye
  • → Swedish: koj
• → Portuguese: cávea, gávea
• → Spanish: cávea

References

• “cavea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cavea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cavea 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)
• cavea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “cavea”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “cavea”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “cavea”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin