Cavii

See also: cavìi

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈka.u̯i.iː/, [ˈkäu̯iː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.vi.i/, [ˈkäːviː]

Proper noun

Caviī m pl (genitive Caviōrum); second declension

1. An Illyrian tribe settled near the lake of Shkodër, in modern Albania

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Caviī
Genitive	Caviōrum
Dative	Caviīs
Accusative	Caviōs
Ablative	Caviīs
Vocative	Caviī

References

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