Caieta

See also: cajeta

Latin

Alternative forms

Caiētē

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Καιήτη (Kaiḗtē).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kai̯ˈi̯eː.ta/, [käi̯ˈi̯eːt̪ä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈje.ta/, [käˈjɛːt̪ä]

Proper noun

Caiēta f sg (genitive Caiētae); first declension

The nurse of Aeneas.
Gaeta (a town and harbour in Latium, Italy)
Synonym: Portus Cāiētae

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

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

Derived terms

Caiētānus
Portus Caiētae

Descendants

→ French: Caiète
Italian: Gaeta
- → French: Gaète, Gaëte
- → Greek: Γκαέτα (Gkaéta)

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

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