e caudata

• e-caudata

From the Medieval Latin ē caudāta (literally “tailed e”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈiː.kaʊˈdɑːtə/, /ˈiː.kɔːˈdeɪtə/

e caudata (plural e caudatae)

1. A form of the letter e modified by the addition of a diacritical “tail”: ⟨ę⟩.
   1. Used in Latin for a long ē that represents an etymological ⟨ae⟩ or ⟨oe⟩ diphthong, both of which diphthongs had phonologically merged into ⟨ē⟩ by the early Mediaeval period.
   2. Used in Middle and Early Modern Irish for ⟨e⟩, ⟨ae⟩, and ⟨ea⟩.
   3. Used in Old Norse for /æ(ː)/, representing the Proto-Germanic *a (as opposed to the Proto-Germanic *e).

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• acaudate

The caudāta (“tailed, caudate”) is feminine because it elliptically qualifies littera ē (“[the] letter e”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈeː kau̯ˈdaː.ta/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe kau̯ˈda.ta/, [ˈeː kau̯ˈdaː.ta]

ē caudāta f (genitive ē caudātae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) e caudata (used in Latin)

First declension.

• English: e caudata