English

Alternative forms

• e-caudata

Noun

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/).

Translations

See also

• ogonek
• o caudata

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classicistic) IPA^(key): /ˈeː.kawˈdaː.ta/

Noun

ē caudāta f ‎(genitive ē caudātae); first declension

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

Declension

First declension.

Descendants

• English: e caudata