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cavetur

Dictionary entries

  • 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;

    Entry →
    sg. pres. pass. subj. 3rd
  • 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;

    Entry →
    sg. pres. pass. ind. 3rd

Examples

  • A

    Liber I

    Aulus Gellius

    "...rege esse captam. Sed Papiam legem invenimus, qua cavetur, ut pontificis maximi arbitratu virgines e populo viginti legantur..."
  • L

    Liber IV

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM

    "...edunt ac bibunt quae per sanguinem reddant cavetur ut ista vel inviti patiantur: a te ut volens libensque..."
  • M

    Liber IX

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

    "...armorum atque in omni palaestra quid satis recte cavetur ac petitur cui non artifex motus et certi quidam..."
  • G

    Liber I

    Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI

    "...quis invitus sacramentum dicere cogatur, a Caesare cavetur. Caesar ex eo tempore, dum ad flumen Varum veniatur..."
  • P

    Liber XI

    Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES

    "...tempore memorabo, consurgunt patres legemque Cinciam flagitant, qua cavetur antiquitus ne quis ob causam orandam pecuniam donumve accipiat..."

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