Caracalla

See also: caracalla

English

Etymology

From Latin; Caracalla's agnomen was named after a Gaulish cloak he favored.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkærəˈkælə/

Proper noun

Caracalla

1. A Roman emperor who ruled from 211 to 217 C.E..

Translations

emperor

• Alemannic German: Caracalla
• Aragonese: Caracalla
• Armenian: Կարակալլա (Karakalla)
• Asturian: Caracalla
• Bulgarian: Каракала (Karakala)
• Catalan: Caracalla
• Corsican: Caracalla
• Danish: Caracalla
• Dutch: Caracalla
• Esperanto: Karakalo
• Estonian: Caracalla
• Finnish: Caracalla
• French: Caracalla (fr)
• Georgian: კარაკალა (ḳaraḳala)
• German: Caracalla
• Greek: Καρακάλλα (Karakálla), Καρακάλλας (el) (Karakállas)
• Hebrew: קרקלה (qaraqala)
• Ido: Caracalla
• Interlingua: Caracalla
• Italian: Caracalla
• Japanese: カラカラ (Karakara)
• Korean: 카라칼라 (Karakalla)
• Latin: Caracalla
• Limburgish: Caracalla
• Luxembourgish: Caracalla
• Norwegian: Caracalla
• Polish: Karakalla
• Portuguese: Caracalla
• Romanian: Caracalla
• Romansch: Caracalla
• Russian: Каракала (Karakala)
• Sardinian: Caracalla
• Sicilian: Caracalla
• Swedish: Caracalla
• Ukrainian: Каракала (Karakala)

References

• Aurelius Victor, Epitome de Caesaribus

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Caracalla, from caracalla (“a kind of cloak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.raˈkal.la/
• Rhymes: -alla
• Hyphenation: Ca‧ra‧càl‧la

Proper noun

Caracalla m

1. Caracalla (Roman emperor)

Latin

Etymology

From caracalla (“a kind of cloak”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ka.raˈkal.la/, [käräˈkälːʲä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.raˈkal.la/, [käräˈkälːä]

Proper noun

Caracalla m sg (genitive Caracallae); first declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Caracalla, a Roman emperor

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Caracalla
genitive	Caracallae
dative	Caracallae
accusative	Caracallam
ablative	Caracallā
vocative	Caracalla

References

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Caracala

Proper noun

Caracalla m

1. Caracalla (name of a Roman emperor)