LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

casa

casa f (genitive casae)
Classical[ˈka.sa]Ecclesiastical[ˈkaː.s̬a]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. femininehut, cottage, cabin
  2. femininerural property, small farm
  3. Late LatinMedieval Latinfemininedwelling, residence, house

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

domus parva et pauper, quālem agricolae habent.
casa -ae f — in Mille Verba, Rūs et Agrīcultūra

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecasacasae
casora
genitivecasaecasārum
dativecasaecasīs
accusativecasamcasās
casora
ablativecasācasīs
vocativecasacasae

căsa, ae, f. Sanscr. khad, to cover; cf.: cassis, castrum,
I. any simple or poorly-built house, a cottage, hut, cabin, shed, etc., Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6; Lucr. 5, 1011; 6, 1254; Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97; Vitr. 2, 1; Verg. E. 2, 29; Tib. 2, 1, 24 et saep.; Cic. Fam. 16, 18, 2; a small country-house, Mart. 6, 43; Caes. B. G. 5, 43 Herz.; Veg. Mil. 2, 10.—Of babyhouses, Hor. S. 2, 3, 247.—
b. Casae, in late Lat. meton., a country estate, a farm, Cassiod. Var. 5, 14.—
B. Prov.: ita fugias, ne praeter casam, i. e. do not run so far as to pass the safest hiding-place, in allusion to a game of hide-and-seek, Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 3. —
II. Esp.: casa Romuli, the thatched cottage of Romulus on the Capitoline Hill, Vitr. 2. 1; cf. Verg. A. 8, 654; Ov. F. 3, 183 sqq.

Origins

Uncertain. Possibly from either Proto-Indo-European *kat- (“to link or weave together; chain, net”) (compare catēna (“chain”)), or Proto-Indo-European *ket- (“hut, shed”) (compare Old English heaþor (“restraint, confinement, enclosure, prison”), Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬙𐬀 (kata, “chamber”), Mazanderani کَت (kat, “wall”)), likely through borrowing from another Indo-European language rather than inheritance due to the presence of the medial -s-. Ultimately may be of substrate or wanderwort origin; more at cot, and see Proto-Uralic *kota.

Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchchezfrom Old French chies
  • Englishchezfrom Old French chies
  • Catalancasa
  • Catalanca
  • Occitancasafrom Old Occitan caza
  • Occitancòfrom Old Occitan caza
  • Franco-Provençalchiéz
  • Normanqueusfrom Old French chies
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italiancasa
  • Italianca’
  • Galluresecasafrom Corsican casa
  • Sassaresecasafrom Corsican casa
  • Dalmatiancuosa
  • Istriotcasa
  • Judeo-Italianקַאסַה
  • Siciliancasa
  • Venetancaxa
  • Venetanca’
Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesecasafrom Old Galician-Portuguese casa
  • Spanishcasafrom Old Spanish casa
  • Aragonesecasa
  • Falacasafrom Old Galician-Portuguese casa
  • Galiciancasafrom Old Galician-Portuguese casa
  • Galiciancasfrom Old Galician-Portuguese casa
  • Asturiancasafrom Old Leonese casa
  • Extremadurancasafrom Old Leonese casa
  • Leonesecasafrom Old Leonese casa
  • Mirandesecasafrom Old Leonese casa
Insular Romance
  • Sardiniancàsa
Balkano-Romance
  • Romaniancasă
  • Aromaniancasã
  • Istro-Romaniankåsę
  • Megleno-Romaniancasă
Borrowings
  • Frenchcase
  • Interlinguacasa
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friuliancjase
  • Friuliančhase
  • Ladincèsa
  • Ladincesa
  • Romanshcasa
  • Romanshchasa
Gallo-Italic
  • Emilianchèṡa
  • Emiliancà
  • Liguriancâza
  • Lombardcà
  • Piedmonteseca
  • Sammarinesechêsafrom Romagnol ca
  • Sammarineseca’from Romagnol ca

In English words that came into English from casa

  • casinocasa
  • chasublecasubla
  • casulacasula

Quick answers

What does casa mean in Latin?
casa, a noun, means “hut, cottage, cabin; rural property, small farm; dwelling, residence, house”.
What is the genitive of casa?
The genitive singular is casae. casa is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce casa?
In classical Latin, [ˈka.sa]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkaː.s̬a].
Which English words come from casa?
English words that go back to Latin casa include casino, casula and chasuble.