Caieta

See also: cajeta

Latin

Alternative forms

Cāiētē

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Καιήτη (Kaiḗtē).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kaːjˈjeː.ta/

Proper noun

Cāiēta f (genitive Cāiētae); first declension

the nurse of Æneas
Gaeta (a town and harbour in Latium)

Declension

First declension, with locative.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cāiēta
Genitive	Cāiētae
Dative	Cāiētae
Accusative	Cāiētam
Ablative	Cāiētā
Vocative	Cāiēta
Locative	Cāiētae

Synonyms

(Gaeta: a town and harbour in Latium): Portus Cāiētae

Derived terms

Cāiētānus
Portus Cāiētae

Descendants

?French: Caiète
?Italian: Gaeta

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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