Craeca
Latin
editEtymology
editSee Graeca. The spelling with C is a holdover from an era when the letter C represented the phonetic value /ɡ/.
Pronunciation
edit- (original)
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈɡrae̯.ka/, [ˈɡräe̯kä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡre.ka/, [ˈɡrɛːkä]
- (hypercorrect)
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkrae̯.ka/, [ˈkräe̯kä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkre.ka/, [ˈkrɛːkä]
Adjective
editCraeca
- (archaic or hypercorrect) Alternative form of Graeca