caudaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

cauda (plural caudae)

1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of cauda equina.
2. (palaeography) A diacritical mark with various forms, attached to the e of the e caudata used to indicate an abbreviation of ae or sometimes of oe, sometimes used on another letter when the e is omitted.

   Synonym: cedilla

   • 2010, Sinéad O'Sullivan, “The Oldest Gloss Tradition on Martianus Capella’s De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii”, in Glossae aeui Carolini in libros I-II De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, Brepols, page l:

     The cauda of the e-caudata is extended. Ligatures of -st, -rt, -et and -nt are used.

   • 2012, Daniel Bunčić, “The standardization of Polish orthography in the 16th century”, in Susan Baddeley, Anja Voeste, director, Orthographiesin Early Modern Europe, De Gruyter Mouton, page 236:

     Later, around the turn of the 18th century, when Polish antiqua prints had become more usual, the cauda ‘tail’ of <ę> was placed under the back nasal, too, which resulted in modern <ą>.

   • 2020, Teresa de Robertis, “Humanistic script: Italy”, in Frank T. Coulson, Robert G. Babcock, director, The Oxford Handbook of Latin Palaeography, Oxford University Press, page 522:

     The imitation is produced by systematic use of letters that because of their morphology and their position in the word are identified as “ancient” [...] : the conjunction handled via the ampersand (&) in place of the tironian et; tall s not only internally to the word but also at the end; d with a straight ascender instead of the Uncial variant with oblique ascender; straight r after a curve in place of the so-called round r; g formed of two circular sections connected to one another by a short vertical stroke; e with a cedilla or cauda (ę) and sometimes the nexus æ to indicate the diphthong; majuscules with origin in capitalis in the text.

   • 2025, Julia Crick, “The Form and Shape of the Manuscript”, in Stephen Baxter, Julia Crick, C. P. Lewis, director, Making Domesday: Intelligent Power in Conquered England, page 143:

     e-caudata is employed for h[a]ec and qu[a]e and the cauda has the open wishbone or hook form, used also by Beta and Sigma.

語源

From Proto-Italic *kaudā (“tail”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂u-d-eh₂ (“cleaved, separate”), from *keh₂w- (“to strike”). Compare cūdō (“to beat, hammer”), caudex (“tree trunk, stump”), Lithuanian kuodas (“tuft”).