Latin

Alternative forms

• Cāiētē

Proper noun

Cāiēta f ‎(genitive Cāiētae); first declension

1. the nurse of Æneas
2. Gaeta (a town and harbour in Latium)

Declension

First declension, with locative.

Synonyms

• (Gaeta: a town and harbour in Latium): Portus Cāiētae

Derived terms

• Cāiētānus
• Portus Cāiētae

Descendants

• ?French: Caiète
• ?Italian: Gaeta

References

• Cāiēta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Cāiēta”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 241/2.
• “Caiēta” on page 255/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)