cavea

Borrowed from Latin cavea. Doublet of gaggia and gabbia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ve.a/
• Rhymes: -avea
• Hyphenation: cà‧ve‧a

cavea f (plural cavee)

1. the seats in ancient theatres and amphitheatres

• gabbia
• gaggia

• cavea in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

From cavus (similar to alveus from alvus).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.u̯e.a/, [ˈkäu̯eä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ve.a/, [ˈkäːveä]

cavea f (genitive caveae); first declension

1. hollow, cavity
2. cage, den, enclosure, stall, coop, beehive, birdcage
3. the seats in a theatre
4. the sockets of the eyes
5. the roof of the mouth

First-declension noun.

• (beehive): alvārium, alveārium, alveus, alvus, apiārium, mellārium

• caveola

Borrowings

• “cavea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cavea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cavea in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• cavea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “cavea”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
• “cavea”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “cavea”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin