cavent
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;
pl. pres. act. subj. 3rd - Entry →caveo, cavere, cavi, cautus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
beware, avoid, take precautions/defensive action; give/get surety; stipulate;
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...secundam optingere; sibi ne invideatur, ipsi ignavia recte cavent. MNES. Edepol ne tu illorum mores perquam meditate tenes..."Liber VI
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...civitatibus iureiurando inter se confirmant obsidibusque de pecunia cavent: Ambiorigem sibi societate et foedere adiungunt. Quibus rebus cognitis..."Liber IV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quam relegationem pati? Ne adfinitatibus, ne propinquitatibus immisceamur cavent, ne societur sanguis. Quid? Hoc si polluit nobilitatem istam..."
