Cardea

Italian

Etymology

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Proper noun

Cardea m or f by sense

  1. a surname

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From cardō (“hinge”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Cardea f sg (genitive Cardeae); first declension

  1. (Roman mythology) The goddess who presided over the hinges of doors and therefore over the family

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Cardea
genitive Cardeae
dative Cardeae
accusative Cardeam
ablative Cardeā
vocative Cardea

References

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