calvo
Dictionary entries
- Entry →calvus, calvi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Bio/medical
bald person;
abl. sg.dat. sg. - Entry →calvo, calvare, calvavi, calvatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
make/leave bare;
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st - Entry →calvo, calvere, -, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
deceive, intrigue/use subterfuge/tricks against; be tricked/deceived (PASS);
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st - Entry →calvus, calva -um, calvior -or -us, calvissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bald, bald-headed; having head shaved; smooth (nuts); bare/stripped (things)
abl. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.)
Examples
- T
Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...ille faxit Iuppiter, ut ego hodie raso capite calvos capiam pilleum.— I.ii MERC. Bene prospere hoc hodie operis..." Liber X
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...omnibus superstes, Hoc tandem sita prurit in sepulchro Calvo Plutia cum Melanthione. LXVIII Cum tibi non Ephesos..."- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...Eumolpus et ipse vino solutus dicta voluit in calvos stigmososque iaculari, donec consumpta frigidissima urbanitate rediit ad carmina..." - G
Gaius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...elogio, stans tantum modo intra porticum mediam, "a calvo ad calvum" duci imperavit. Votum exegit..." - G
Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...etiam suffragator mox in petitione consulatus fuit. Gaio Calvo post famosa epigrammata de reconciliatione per amicos agenti ultro..." - M
Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...dixit hoc dictum, cum reus agente in eum Calvo frontem candido sudario tergeret idque ipsum accusator in invidiam..." - P
Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...obvius huic venias hedera iuvenalia cinctus tempora cum Calvo, docte Catulle, tuo; tu quoque, si falsum est temerati..." - P
Dialogus de Oratoribus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...Brutum autem otiosum atque diiunctum; rursusque Ciceronem a Calvo quidem male audisse tamquam solutum et enervem, a Bruto..."
