caesapon

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkae̯.sa.pon/, [ˈkäe̯s̠äpɔn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.sa.pon/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːs̬äpon]

Noun

caesapon n (genitive caesapī); second declension

1. a kind of lettuce

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type)

	singular	plural
nominative	caesapon	caesapa
genitive	caesapī	caesapōrum
dative	caesapō	caesapīs
accusative	caesapon	caesapa
ablative	caesapō	caesapīs
vocative	caesapon	caesapa

References

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