cauma

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cauma (“heat”), from Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma, “heat, especially of the sun”). Probably a doublet of calm.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaʊˈmə/

Noun

cauma

Great heat, as of the body in fever.

Anagrams

Cà Mau, Macau

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma, “heat, especially of the sun”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkau̯.ma/

Noun

cauma n (genitive caumatis); third declension

heat
(by extension) heat of the day

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cauma	caumata
Genitive	caumatis	caumatum
Dative	caumatī	caumatibus
Accusative	cauma	caumata
Ablative	caumate	caumatibus
Vocative	cauma	caumata

Related terms

cynocauma
caumō

Descendants

English: cauma, calm
Italian: calma

References

cauma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
cauma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
cauma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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