cavata
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cavo, cavare, cavavi, cavatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Technical
hollow out, make concave/hollow; excavate; cut/pierce through; carve in relief;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. pl. perf. pass. part.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →cavatus, cavata -um, cavatior -or -us, cavatissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
hollow, hollow in form; hollowed out, excavated; forming a cave;
abl. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.)
Examples
Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...inter odorem. rursum in secessu longo sub rupe cavata [arboribus clausam circum atque horrentibus umbris] instruimus mensas arisque..."Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...exacta referre Classem in convexo nemorum sub rupe cavata arboribus clausam circum atque horrentibus umbris occulit; ipse..."Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...tendentem bracchia caelo. Ecce Lichan trepidum latitantem rupe cavata aspicit, utque dolor rabiem conlegerat omnem, 'tune, Licha,' dixit..."FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...suggressus. Consilii aeger. Ne inrumpendi po[ntis] . . . sublicibus cavata . . . essent. LIBER QVINTVS Repente incautos agros invasit. Simul immanis..."Liber VIII
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...nulla, omnia dimensa paria, et quasi artificis manu cavata et excisa. Color caerulo albidior, viridior et pressior; sulpuris..."
