English

Noun

cauma

1. Great heat, as of the body in fever.

Anagrams

• Macau

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καῦμα ‎(kaûma, “heat, especially of the sun”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkau̯.ma/

Noun

cauma n ‎(genitive caumatis); third declension

1. heat
2. (by extension) heat of the day

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Related terms

• cynocauma

Descendants

• English: cauma

References

• cauma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• CAUMA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cauma”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.