cavam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cavus, cava, cavum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
hollow, excavated, hollowed out; concave; (of waning moon); enveloping; porous;; sunken; deep, having deep channel; tubular; having cavity inside (concealing);
acc. sg. (f.) - Entry →cava, cavae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
hollow; cage (Ecc);
acc. sg.
Examples
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...invasit nubem et versatus ibidem fecit ut ante cavam docui spissescere nubem, mobilitate sua fervescit; ut omnia motu..."Divus Vespasianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...mediocris summae statuam colosseam, iussit vel continuo ponere, cavam manum ostentans et paratam basim dicens..."Liber IX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...impeditioremque evadendum. In eum campum via alia per cavam rupem Romani demisso agmine cum ad alias angustias protinus..."
