"cavea" meaning in Latin

See cavea in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈka.we.a] [Classical-Latin], [ˈkaː.ve.a] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From cavus (similar to alveus from alvus). Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*ḱewh₁-}} Head templates: {{la-noun|cavea<1>}} cavea f (genitive caveae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|cavea<1>}} Forms: caveae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], cavea [nominative, singular], caveae [nominative, plural], caveae [genitive, singular], caveārum [genitive, plural], caveae [dative, singular], caveīs [dative, plural], caveam [accusative, singular], caveās [accusative, plural], caveā [ablative, singular], caveīs [ablative, plural], cavea [singular, vocative], caveae [plural, vocative]
  1. hollow, cavity Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-cavea-la-noun-vqLNEnEs Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 28 18 26 26 2 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 25 18 26 17 14
  2. cage, den, enclosure, stall, coop, beehive, birdcage Tags: declension-1, feminine Synonyms (beehive): alvārium, alveārium, alveus, alvus, apiārium, mellārium
    Sense id: en-cavea-la-noun-e7srq~y9 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 28 18 26 26 2 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 25 18 26 17 14 Disambiguation of 'beehive': 19 70 6 4 0
  3. the seats in a theater, amphitheater, or auditorium; the entire theater Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-cavea-la-noun-gs7I616N Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Theater Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 28 18 26 26 2 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 25 18 26 17 14 Disambiguation of Theater: 5 5 86 2 2
  4. the sockets of the eyes Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-cavea-la-noun-ILC0Fbzb Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 28 18 26 26 2 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 25 18 26 17 14
  5. the roof of the mouth Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-cavea-la-noun-wEuOd8IU Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 25 18 26 17 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: caveola

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "caveola"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "word": "cage"
        },
        {
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            {
              "lang": "English",
              "lang_code": "en",
              "word": "cage"
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            {
              "lang": "Fingallian",
              "lang_code": "gmw-fin",
              "word": "cage"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Scots",
              "lang_code": "sco",
              "word": "cage"
            }
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              "word": "cage"
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          "word": "kage"
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              "word": "cage"
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              "word": "cage"
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          "lang": "Middle English",
          "lang_code": "enm",
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          "word": "gage"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "lang_code": "scn",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "gaggia"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "lang_code": "scn",
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      ],
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      "lang_code": "fro",
      "word": "cage"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "lang_code": "vec",
      "word": "càbia"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "lang_code": "vec",
      "word": "gàbia"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "lang_code": "vec",
      "word": "chèba"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Venetan",
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      "word": "ghèba"
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      "lang_code": "ca",
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    },
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        "learned"
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      "lang_code": "it",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "cavea"
    },
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          "word": "kooi"
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      "lang_code": "dum",
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      "word": "coye"
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          "lang_code": "nds",
          "word": "Kooj"
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          "lang": "Danish",
          "lang_code": "da",
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          "word": "køje"
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        {
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
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            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "Koje"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "lang_code": "is",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "koja"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "lang_code": "no",
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            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "køye"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "lang_code": "sv",
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            "borrowed"
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          "word": "koj"
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      ],
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      "lang_code": "gml",
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        "borrowed"
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      "word": "kōje"
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    {
      "descendants": [
        {
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            {
              "lang": "German",
              "lang_code": "de",
              "word": "Käfig"
            }
          ],
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          "lang_code": "gmh",
          "word": "kevje"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old High German",
      "lang_code": "goh",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "chevia"
    },
    {
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        {
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            {
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              "lang_code": "de",
              "word": "Käfig"
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          "word": "kevje"
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      "lang_code": "goh",
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      "word": "kevia"
    },
    {
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              "lang_code": "de",
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          "lang_code": "gmh",
          "word": "kevje"
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      "lang_code": "goh",
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      "word": "keba"
    },
    {
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          "lang_code": "de",
          "word": "Kaue"
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      ],
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      "lang_code": "gmh",
      "raw_tags": [
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      "word": "kouwe"
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          "lang": "Basque",
          "lang_code": "eu",
          "word": "habia"
        },
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          "lang": "Basque",
          "lang_code": "eu",
          "word": "aabia"
        },
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          "lang": "Basque",
          "lang_code": "eu",
          "word": "aafia"
        },
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          "lang": "Basque",
          "lang_code": "eu",
          "word": "aapi"
        },
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          "lang": "Basque",
          "lang_code": "eu",
          "word": "aapia"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Basque",
          "lang_code": "eu",
          "word": "abira"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Basque",
          "lang_code": "eu",
          "word": "afia"
        },
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          "lang": "Basque",
          "lang_code": "eu",
          "word": "api"
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          "lang": "Basque",
          "lang_code": "eu",
          "word": "apia"
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          "lang": "Basque",
          "lang_code": "eu",
          "word": "aubi"
        },
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          "lang": "Basque",
          "lang_code": "eu",
          "word": "gabia"
        },
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          "lang": "Basque",
          "lang_code": "eu",
          "word": "habi"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Basque",
          "lang_code": "eu",
          "word": "kabe"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Basque",
          "lang_code": "eu",
          "word": "kabi"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Basque",
          "lang_code": "eu",
          "word": "kabia"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Basque",
          "lang_code": "eu",
          "word": "kafe"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Basque",
          "lang_code": "eu",
          "word": "kafi"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Basque",
          "lang_code": "eu",
          "word": "kafia"
        },
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          "lang": "Basque",
          "lang_code": "eu",
          "tags": [
            "nonstandard"
          ],
          "word": "kafira"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Proto-Basque",
      "lang_code": "euq-pro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "*kabia"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "cávea"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "gávea"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "cávea"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ḱewh₁-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From cavus (similar to alveus from alvus).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "caveae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cavea",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caveae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caveae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caveārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caveae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caveīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caveam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caveās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caveā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caveīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cavea",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caveae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cavea<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "cavea f (genitive caveae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cavea<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "28 18 26 26 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 18 26 17 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hollow, cavity"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
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        ],
        [
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        "declension-1",
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      ]
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          "_dis": "28 18 26 26 2",
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          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 18 26 17 14",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "cage",
          "cage"
        ],
        [
          "den",
          "den"
        ],
        [
          "enclosure",
          "enclosure"
        ],
        [
          "stall",
          "stall"
        ],
        [
          "coop",
          "coop"
        ],
        [
          "beehive",
          "beehive"
        ],
        [
          "birdcage",
          "birdcage"
        ]
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "19 70 6 4 0",
          "sense": "beehive",
          "word": "alvārium"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 70 6 4 0",
          "sense": "beehive",
          "word": "alveārium"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 70 6 4 0",
          "sense": "beehive",
          "word": "alveus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 70 6 4 0",
          "sense": "beehive",
          "word": "alvus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 70 6 4 0",
          "sense": "beehive",
          "word": "apiārium"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 70 6 4 0",
          "sense": "beehive",
          "word": "mellārium"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "28 18 26 26 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 18 26 17 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 5 86 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Theater",
          "orig": "la:Theater",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Just as a spectator watching from the front section of the theater is more delighted by the actor Ambivius Turpio, nevertheless the one who sits in the back is also pleased. So youth, as it gazes upon pleasures near at hand, may rejoice more; but old age even enjoys viewing them from a distance, and to some extent that much is enough.\n(Prima, media, ultima or ima, media, summa were seating areas assigned to three classes of citizens.)",
          "ref": "106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Cato Maior de Senectute 14.48",
          "text": "Ut Turpiōne Ambiviō magis dēlectātur, quī in prīmā caveā spectat, dēlectātur tamen etiam, quī in ultimā, sīc adulēscentiā voluptātēs propter intuēns magis fortasse laetātur, sed dēlectātur etiam senectūs procūl eās spectāns tāntum quantum sat est.",
          "translation": "Just as a spectator watching from the front section of the theater is more delighted by the actor Ambivius Turpio, nevertheless the one who sits in the back is also pleased. So youth, as it gazes upon pleasures near at hand, may rejoice more; but old age even enjoys viewing them from a distance, and to some extent that much is enough.\n(Prima, media, ultima or ima, media, summa were seating areas assigned to three classes of citizens.)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the seats in a theater, amphitheater, or auditorium; the entire theater"
      ],
      "id": "en-cavea-la-noun-gs7I616N",
      "links": [
        [
          "seats",
          "seats"
        ],
        [
          "theater",
          "theater"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "28 18 26 26 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 18 26 17 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the sockets of the eyes"
      ],
      "id": "en-cavea-la-noun-ILC0Fbzb",
      "links": [
        [
          "sockets",
          "sockets"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 18 26 17 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the roof of the mouth"
      ],
      "id": "en-cavea-la-noun-wEuOd8IU",
      "links": [
        [
          "roof",
          "roof"
        ],
        [
          "mouth",
          "mouth"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈka.we.a]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkaː.ve.a]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cavea"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 3-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Latin first declension nouns",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱewh₁-",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Theater"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "caveola"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "word": "cage"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "English",
              "lang_code": "en",
              "word": "cage"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Fingallian",
              "lang_code": "gmw-fin",
              "word": "cage"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Scots",
              "lang_code": "sco",
              "word": "cage"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "lang_code": "enm",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "cage"
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          "lang_code": "is",
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            "borrowed"
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            "borrowed"
          ],
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    {
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              "word": "Käfig"
            }
          ],
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          "lang_code": "gmh",
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        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "goh",
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      ],
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            }
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "keba"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "word": "Kaue"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "gmh",
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        "borrowed"
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          "lang_code": "eu",
          "word": "habia"
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          "lang": "Basque",
          "lang_code": "eu",
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          "lang": "Basque",
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          "lang": "Basque",
          "lang_code": "eu",
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        },
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          "lang": "Basque",
          "lang_code": "eu",
          "word": "abira"
        },
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          "lang": "Basque",
          "lang_code": "eu",
          "word": "afia"
        },
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          "lang": "Basque",
          "lang_code": "eu",
          "word": "api"
        },
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          "lang": "Basque",
          "lang_code": "eu",
          "word": "apia"
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          "lang_code": "eu",
          "word": "aubi"
        },
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          "lang": "Basque",
          "lang_code": "eu",
          "word": "gabia"
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          "lang": "Basque",
          "lang_code": "eu",
          "word": "habi"
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          "lang": "Basque",
          "lang_code": "eu",
          "word": "kabe"
        },
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          "lang": "Basque",
          "lang_code": "eu",
          "word": "kabi"
        },
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          "lang": "Basque",
          "lang_code": "eu",
          "word": "kabia"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Basque",
          "lang_code": "eu",
          "word": "kafe"
        },
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          "lang": "Basque",
          "lang_code": "eu",
          "word": "kafi"
        },
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          "lang": "Basque",
          "lang_code": "eu",
          "word": "kafia"
        },
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          "lang_code": "eu",
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            "nonstandard"
          ],
          "word": "kafira"
        }
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      "lang": "Proto-Basque",
      "lang_code": "euq-pro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
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      "word": "*kabia"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "cávea"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "gávea"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "cávea"
    }
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ḱewh₁-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From cavus (similar to alveus from alvus).",
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    {
      "form": "caveae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
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        "inflection-template"
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "caveae",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caveārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caveae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caveīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caveam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caveās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caveā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caveīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cavea",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caveae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cavea<1>"
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      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hollow, cavity"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hollow",
          "hollow"
        ],
        [
          "cavity",
          "cavity"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cage, den, enclosure, stall, coop, beehive, birdcage"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cage",
          "cage"
        ],
        [
          "den",
          "den"
        ],
        [
          "enclosure",
          "enclosure"
        ],
        [
          "stall",
          "stall"
        ],
        [
          "coop",
          "coop"
        ],
        [
          "beehive",
          "beehive"
        ],
        [
          "birdcage",
          "birdcage"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Just as a spectator watching from the front section of the theater is more delighted by the actor Ambivius Turpio, nevertheless the one who sits in the back is also pleased. So youth, as it gazes upon pleasures near at hand, may rejoice more; but old age even enjoys viewing them from a distance, and to some extent that much is enough.\n(Prima, media, ultima or ima, media, summa were seating areas assigned to three classes of citizens.)",
          "ref": "106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Cato Maior de Senectute 14.48",
          "text": "Ut Turpiōne Ambiviō magis dēlectātur, quī in prīmā caveā spectat, dēlectātur tamen etiam, quī in ultimā, sīc adulēscentiā voluptātēs propter intuēns magis fortasse laetātur, sed dēlectātur etiam senectūs procūl eās spectāns tāntum quantum sat est.",
          "translation": "Just as a spectator watching from the front section of the theater is more delighted by the actor Ambivius Turpio, nevertheless the one who sits in the back is also pleased. So youth, as it gazes upon pleasures near at hand, may rejoice more; but old age even enjoys viewing them from a distance, and to some extent that much is enough.\n(Prima, media, ultima or ima, media, summa were seating areas assigned to three classes of citizens.)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the seats in a theater, amphitheater, or auditorium; the entire theater"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "seats",
          "seats"
        ],
        [
          "theater",
          "theater"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the sockets of the eyes"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sockets",
          "sockets"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the roof of the mouth"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "roof",
          "roof"
        ],
        [
          "mouth",
          "mouth"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈka.we.a]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkaː.ve.a]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "beehive",
      "word": "alvārium"
    },
    {
      "sense": "beehive",
      "word": "alveārium"
    },
    {
      "sense": "beehive",
      "word": "alveus"
    },
    {
      "sense": "beehive",
      "word": "alvus"
    },
    {
      "sense": "beehive",
      "word": "apiārium"
    },
    {
      "sense": "beehive",
      "word": "mellārium"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cavea"
}

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