Caia

• (original)
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡaː.i.a]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɡaː.i.a]
• (later)
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡaː.ja]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɡaː.ja]
• (hypercorrect)
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.i.a]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.i.a]
• (hypercorrect)
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.ja]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.ja]

Cāia f (genitive Cāiae, masculine Cāius); first declension

1. alternative form of Gāia

• 1876, "C" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, page 616:

  The symbol [C] retained its old value [/ɡ/] only when as the initial letter it represented the names Gaius and Gnæus, which, in consequence, are often erroneously written and sounded Caius and Cnæus.

First-declension noun.

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