LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun · femininefirst declension

Caesarēa

Caesarēa f sg (genitive Caesarēae)
Classical[kae̯.saˈreː.a]Ecclesiastical[t͡ʃe.s̬aˈrɛː.a]

Meaning

  1. Caesarea Maritima (an ancient city in modern Israel; modern Caesarea)
  2. Caesarea in Cappadocia (an ancient city in Cappadocia, in modern Turkey; modern Kayseri)
  3. Caesarea in Mauretania (the ancient capital of the kingdoms of Numidia and Mauretania, in modern Algeria; modern Cherchell)
  4. New LatinJersey (an island and dependency of the United Kingdom)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeCaesarēa—
genitiveCaesarēae—
dativeCaesarēae—
accusativeCaesarēam—
ablativeCaesarēā—
vocativeCaesarēa—
locativeCaesarēae—

Caesărēa (-ī^a), ae, f., = Καισἀρεια.
I. A very important town in Palestine, previously called Stratonis turris, now Kaisariyeh, Plin. 5, 13, 14, § 69; Tac. H. 2, 78; Eutr. 7, 10; Amm. 14, 8, 11.—Hence,
B. Deriv.: Caesărĭensis, e, adj., of Cœsarea: Colonia, Dig. 50, 15, 1.—Caesărĭ-enses, ium, m., its inhabitants, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 120; Dig. 50, 15, 8.—
II. A town in Mauritania, earlier called Iol, now Shershell (or, acc. to others, Tniz or Tenez), Mel. 1, 6, 1; Plin. 5, 2, 1, § 20, Eutr. 7, 10.— Hence,
B. Caesărĭensis, e, adj., of Cœsarea: Mauretania, Tac. H. 2, 58 sq.—
III. The capital of Cappadocia, now Kaisariyeh, Plin. 6, 3, 3, § 8; Eutr. 7, 6; Auct. B. Alex. 66, 4.—
IV. A town in Phœnicia, in which Alexander Severus was born, formerly Arca, Aur. Vict. Caes. 24, 1; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 1, 2.

Origins

From Caesar + -ēa, on the pattern of Alexandrēa and similar. In etymology 1, proper noun sense 2, by phono-semantic matching of English Jersey.

Descendants
  • CatalanCesarea
  • EnglishCaesarea
  • FrenchCésarée
  • ItalianCesarea
  • PortugueseCesareia
  • SpanishCesarea
  • TurkishKayseryafrom Ancient Greek Καισᾰ́ρεια
  • ArmenianԿեսարիաfrom Ancient Greek Καισᾰ́ρεια
  • GreekΚαισάρειαfrom Ancient Greek Καισᾰ́ρεια
  • Hebrewקֵיסָרְיָהfrom Ancient Greek Καισᾰ́ρεια

Quick answers

What does Caesarēa mean in Latin?
Caesarēa, a proper noun, means “Jersey (an island and dependency of the United Kingdom)”.
What is the genitive of Caesarēa?
The genitive singular is Caesarēae. Caesarēa is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce Caesarēa?
In classical Latin, [kae̯.saˈreː.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [t͡ʃe.s̬aˈrɛː.a].