cafaeum

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kaˈfae̯.um/, [käˈfäe̯ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈfe.um/, [käˈfɛːum]

cafaeum n (genitive cafaeī); second declension

1. Alternative form of cafēa
   • [1843?], Dissertatio de Societate Mercatoria Neerlandica, pages 4–5:

     Annis vero 1822 et 1823 cafaei pretium et altius surgebat in insula Java et in tota Europa subito deprimebatur, ita ut mercatores Belgici non tantum nullum sibi pararent lucrum, verum etiam vecturae, assecurationis, portoriorum sumtus amitterent: fortunati adhuc, si nulla praeterea sentirent damna, neque necessitate cogerentur cafaeum minori quam ipsis constaret pretio vendere.

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   • 1890, Consuetudines provinciae Neerlandicae Societatis Jesu, page 47:

     Tempore recreationis cafaeum omnibus offertur.

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   • 1987, Osmojezični enciklopedijski rječnik, page 381:

     Quot cafaea bibisti? – Ne unum quidem unicum.

     How many cups of coffee did you have? – Not a single one.

     (Translation from the same page.)

   • 2012, J.R.R. Tolkien, translated by Mark Walker, Hobbitus ille aut illuc atque rursus retrosum [The Hobbit, or There and Back Again], HarperCollinsPublishers, →ISBN, page 165:

     alii ceruisiam, alii merum poposcerunt, unus cafaeum, omnes liba, ut hobbitus aliquamdiu occupatissimus esset.

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Second-declension noun (neuter).