cauma

cauma

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cauma (heat), from Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma, heat, especially of the sun). Probably a doublet of calm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaʊmə/
  • Rhymes: -aʊmə

Noun

cauma

  1. Great heat, as of the body in fever.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma, heat, especially of the sun).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    cauma n (genitive caumatis); third declension

    1. heat
    2. (by extension) heat of the day

    Declension

    Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

    singular plural
    nominative cauma caumata
    genitive caumatis caumatum
    dative caumatī caumatibus
    accusative cauma caumata
    ablative caumate caumatibus
    vocative cauma caumata

    Descendants

    • English: cauma, calm
    • Spanish: calma
    • Italian: calma
    • Portuguese: calma

    References

    • cauma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • "cauma", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • cauma”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.