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cavea.

hollow/cavity; roof (mouth); (eye) socket; auditorium/theater; seats/audience; cage/coop/stall/beehive/bird-cage; fence, enclosure; basket/crate;

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈka.we.a]Classical-Latin[ˈkaː.ve.a]
  1. hollow, cavity

    declension-1 · feminine
  2. cage, den, enclosure, stall, coop, beehive, birdcage

    declension-1 · feminine
  3. the seats in a theater, amphitheater, or auditorium; the entire theater

    declension-1 · feminine
  4. the sockets of the eyes

    declension-1 · feminine
  5. the roof of the mouth

    declension-1 · feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ḱowh₁ós? Proto-Italic *kawos Latin cavus 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).

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