cafeum

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈfeː.um/, [käˈfeːʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈfe.um/, [käˈfɛːum]

Noun

cafēum n (genitive cafēī); second declension

1. Alternative form of cafēa
   • 1829, Archives Historiques et Statistiques du Département du Rhône, volume X, page 216:

     Ergo chocolata, thea, cafeum, cæteræ / Similes deliciæ ab exteris regionibus / Ad nos, jubente luxuria, advectæ, gulam / Juvare possunt, prope nihil stomachum juvant, / Et sanitati sæpius multum nocent.

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   • 1905, Summa Theologiae Moralis: De Praeceptis Dei et Ecclesiae, page 689:

     Rationem potus non solum aqua habet, sed etiam vinum, cerevisia, varii liquores ut limonata, aqua saccharata, cafeum, thea parva quantitate sacchari admixta, licet per accidens haec etiam nutriant ut cerevisia.

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   • 1959, Classical Folia, page 36:

     Aliquando cum amicis hic cafeum sumo, quod in gemellari cafeario deferens, rationem in pocilla infero.

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Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	cafēum	cafēa
genitive	cafēī	cafēōrum
dative	cafēō	cafēīs
accusative	cafēum	cafēa
ablative	cafēō	cafēīs
vocative	cafēum	cafēa

References

• Latinitas: Commentarii Linguae Latinae Excolendae Provehendae, 1967, page 125: “cafēum”.