Cavea

The cavea (Latin for "enclosure") are the seating sections of Greek and Roman theatres and amphitheatres.

A cuneus (Latin for "wedge"; plural, cunei) was a wedge-shaped division separated by the scalae or stairways.

Cavea also referred to the subterranean cells in which the wild beasts were confined prior to the combats in the Roman arena.

The name Cavea refers to the cage-like arrangement of carbon atoms in the compound.

There was a metyhlated variant of the compound with a lower freezing point that was named Cavea B.