e caudata

See also: e-caudata

English

Alternative forms

• e-caudata

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin ē caudāta (literally “tailed e”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiː.kaʊˈdɑːtə/, /ˈiː.kɔːˈdeɪtə/

Noun

e caudata (plural e caudatae)

1. A form of the letter e modified by the addition of a diacritical “tail”: ⟨ę⟩.
   1. 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.
   2. Used in Middle and Early Modern Irish for ⟨e⟩, ⟨ae⟩, and ⟨ea⟩.
   3. 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

• Latin: ē caudāta f (Mediaeval)

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 Latin) IPA^(key): /eː kau̯ˈdaː.ta/, [eː käu̯ˈd̪äːt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e kau̯ˈda.ta/, [ɛː käu̯ˈd̪äːt̪ä]

Noun

ē caudāta f

1. (Medieval Latin) e caudata (used in Latin)

Declension

Indeclinable portion with a first-declension adjective.

	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