Caia

See also: caia and caía

Latin

Pronunciation

• (original)
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡaː.i.a]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɡaː.i.a]
• (later)
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡaː.ja]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɡaː.ja]
• (hypercorrect)
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.i.a]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.i.a]
• (hypercorrect)
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.ja]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.ja]

Proper noun

Cāia f (genitive Cāiae, masculine Cāius); first declension

1. alternative form of Gāia

Usage notes

• 1876, "C" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, page 616:

  The symbol [C] retained its old value [/ɡ/] only when as the initial letter it represented the names Gaius and Gnæus, which, in consequence, are often erroneously written and sounded Caius and Cnæus.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Cāia	Cāiae
genitive	Cāiae	Cāiārum
dative	Cāiae	Cāiīs
accusative	Cāiam	Cāiās
ablative	Cāiā	Cāiīs
vocative	Cāia	Cāiae

References

• “Caia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Caia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.