noun · femininefirst declension
cavea
cavea f (genitive caveae)
Classical[ˈka.we.a]Ecclesiastical[ˈkaː.ve.a]
Meaning
- femininehollow, cavity
- femininecage, den, enclosure, stall, coop, beehive, birdcage
- femininethe seats in a theater, amphitheater, or auditorium; the entire theater
Ut Turpiōne Ambiviō magis dēlectātur, quī in prīmā caveā spectat, dēlectātur tamen etiam, quī in ultimā, sīc adulēscentiā voluptātēs propter intuēns magis fortasse laetātur, sed dēlectātur etiam senectūs procūl eās spectāns tāntum quantum sat est.
Just as a spectator watching from the front section of the theater is more delighted by the actor Ambivius Turpio, nevertheless the one who sits in the back is also pleased. So youth, as it gazes upon pleasures near at hand, may rejoice more; but old age even enjoys viewing them from a distance, and to some extent that much is enough. (Prima, media, ultima or ima, media, summa were seating areas assigned to three classes of citizens.)106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Cato Maior de Senectute 14.48 - femininethe sockets of the eyes
- femininethe roof of the mouth
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
carcer aviscavea -ae (f) — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 4
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cavea | caveae |
| genitive | caveae | caveārum |
| dative | caveae | caveīs |
| accusative | caveam | caveās |
| ablative | caveā | caveīs |
| vocative | cavea | caveae |
căvĕa, ae, f. (
I. gen. caveāï, Lucr. 4, 78) [cavus]. an excavated place, a hollow, cavity.
I. In gen., Plin. 11, 2, 2, § 3.—Hence,
II. Esp.
A. An enclosure for animals (cf. caulae), a stall, cage, den, coop, beehive, bird-cage, and the like, Lucr. 6, 198; 3, 684; Hor. A. P. 473; Mart. 9, 58, 10; 9, 89, 4; Suet. Calig. 27; id. Ner. 29 al.—Of a birdcage, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 67; id. Curc. 3, 1, 79; cf. id. Capt. 1, 2, 15; Cic. Div. 2, 35, 73; id. N. D. 2, 3, 7; Mart. 14, 77.—Of a beehive, Verg. G. 4, 58; Col. 9, 7, 4; 9, 15, 7; 9, 15, 9.— Hence,
B. An enclosure about a young tree, in order to protect it from injury, Col. 5, 6, 21; 5, 9, 11; Pall. Febr. 10, 5; a hedge before the windows of a cage, Col. 8, 8, 4.—
C. In the human body.
1. The roof of the mouth, Prud. Cath. 2, 92.—
2. The sockets of the eyes, Lact. Mort. Pers. 40, 5.—
D. The part of the theatre in which spectators sat, spectators' seats or benches, Plaut. Am. prol. 66; Cic. Lael. 7, 24; Lucr. 4, 78; Verg. A. 5, 340; 8, 636; on account of the ascending rows of benches, ima or prima, the seat of the nobility, media and summa or ultima, the seat of the lower classes, Cic. Sen. 14, 48; Suet. Aug. 44; id. Claud. 21; Sen. Tranq. 11:
CAV. II., Inscr. Orell. 2539; cf. Dict. of Antiq.—2. Meton.
b. The spectators, Stat. Th. 1, 423.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
cavea ae, f
2 CAV-, an enclosure, cage, stall, den, coop, beehive, birdcage, C., V., H., Cu. — In a theatre, the auditorium, spectator's seats, benches: ingens, V.: prima, the front seats: in ultimā, among the lower classes.—A theatre, C.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱowh₁ós?
- Proto-Italic*kawos
- Latincavea
Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin *caveus Latin cavea Nominalized from the feminine of an adjective *caveus, from cavus (“hollow”) + -eus (similar to alveus from alvus).
Elsewhere
- Frenchcagefrom Old French cage
- Englishcagefrom Old French cage
- Catalancàvea
- Englishcavea
- Italiancavea
- GermanKojefrom Middle Low German kōje
- GermanKäfigfrom Old High German chevia
- GermanKauefrom Middle High German kouwe
- Portuguesecávea
- Portuguesegávea
Old Occitan
- Catalangàbia
- Occitangàbia
West Iberian
- Portuguesegaiva
- Spanishgavia
- Asturiangavia
- Leonesegavia
- Galiciangabia
Gallo-Italic
- Italiangaggiafrom Ligurian gàggia
- Romagnolgàbia
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italiangabbia
- Siciliancagghia
Eastern Romance
- Istro-Romaniancåibĕ
Rhaeto-Romance
- Friuliancabie
- Friulianchebe