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
- T
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..." - G
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..." - T
Liber IX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...impeditioremque evadendum. In eum campum via alia per cavam rupem Romani demisso agmine cum ad alias angustias protinus..."
