cavatas
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;
acc. 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;
acc. pl. (f.)
Examples
- P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - G
FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...suggressus. Consilii aeger. Ne inrumpendi po[ntis] . . . sublicibus cavata . . . essent. LIBER QVINTVS Repente incautos agros invasit. Simul immanis..." - G
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..."