See also: e-caudata

English

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Etymology

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

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

Noun

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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).

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Latin

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Etymology

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The caudāta (tailed, caudate) is feminine because it elliptically qualifies littera ē ([the] letter e).

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Noun

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ē caudāta f

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

Declension

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Indeclinable portion with a first-declension adjective.

Case 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

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  • English: e caudata