cavea

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin cavea. Doublet of cage. === Noun === cavea (plural caveae or caveas) The seating section of a Greek or Roman theatre or amphitheatre. === Further reading === cavea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin cavea. Doublet of gaggia and gabbia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈka.ve.a/ Rhymes: -avea Hyphenation: cà‧ve‧a === Noun === cavea f (plural cavee) the seats in ancient theatres and amphitheatres ==== Related terms ==== gabbia gaggia === Further reading === cavea in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Latin == === Etymology === Nominalized from the feminine of an adjective *caveus, from cavus (“hollow”) + -eus (similar to alveus from alvus). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈka.we.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkaː.ve.a] === Noun === cavea f (genitive caveae); first declension hollow, cavity cage, den, enclosure, stall, coop, beehive, birdcage the seats in a theater, amphitheater, or auditorium; the entire theater the sockets of the eyes the roof of the mouth ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== (beehive): alvārium, alveārium, alveus, alvus, apiārium, mellārium ==== Derived terms ==== caveola ==== Descendants ==== Borrowings === References === “cavea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “cavea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "cavea", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “cavea”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “cavea”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎[1] “cavea”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “cavea”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin