e caudata
See also: e-caudata
English
Alternative forms
- e-caudata
Etymology
From the Medieval Latin ē caudāta (literally “tailed e”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈiː.kaʊˈdɑːtə/, /ˈiː.kɔːˈdeɪtə/
Noun
e caudata (plural e caudatae)
- A form of the letter e modified by the addition of a diacritical “tail”: ⟨ę⟩.
- Used in Latin for a long ē that represents an etymological ⟨ae⟩ or ⟨oe⟩ diphthong, both of which diphthongs had phonologically merged into ⟨ē⟩ by the early Mediaeval period.
- Used in Middle and Early Modern Irish for ⟨e⟩, ⟨ae⟩, and ⟨ea⟩.
- Used in Old Norse for /æ(ː)/, representing the Proto-Germanic *a (as opposed to the Proto-Germanic *e).
Translations
letter e with a diacritical tail
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See also
- ogonek
- o caudata
Further reading
- e caudata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- acaudate
Latin
Etymology
The caudāta (“tailed, caudate”) is feminine because it elliptically qualifies littera ē (“[the] letter e”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eː kau̯ˈdaː.ta/, [eː käu̯ˈd̪äːt̪ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e kau̯ˈda.ta/, [ɛː käu̯ˈd̪äːt̪ä]
Noun
ē caudāta f
- (Medieval Latin) e caudata (used in Latin)
Declension
Indeclinable portion with a first-declension adjective.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ē caudāta | ē caudātae |
Genitive | ē caudātae | ē caudātārum |
Dative | ē caudātae | ē caudātīs |
Accusative | ē caudātam | ē caudātās |
Ablative | ē caudātā | ē caudātīs |
Vocative | ē caudāta | ē caudātae |
Descendants
- → English: e caudata