cavi
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);
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.) - 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;
sg. perf. act. ind. 1st - Entry →cavus, cavi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
hole, cavity, depression, pit, opening; cave, burrow; enclosed space; aperture;
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl. - Entry →cavum, cavi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
hole, cavity, depression, pit, opening; cave, burrow; enclosed space; aperture;
gen. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
- T
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...mihi hercle, ut opinor: malus cum malo stulte cavi. 909a tum pol ego interii, homo si ille abiit..." - T
Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...postquam tuos sum, verborum dedi? TH. Ego enim cavi recte: eam mihi des gratiam atque animo..." - T
Mercator
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quicquam adsimile huius facti feceris. LYSIMACHVS Edepol numquam; cavi ne quid facerem. vix vivo miser. nam mea uxor..." - A
Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...hiatusque terrae subeuntium an aquarum subter in terrarum cavis undantium pulsibus fluctibusque, ita uti videntur existimasse antiquissimi Graecorum..." - T
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...convolvunt [e] nubibus atque ita cogunt multa rotantque cavis flammam fornacibus intus, donec divolsa fulserunt nube corusci..." - M
Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...impetus etiam si ultra paulum coit, aliquid tamen cavi relinquit post id ipsum quod offenderat. Vmor quoque vocem..." - M
XIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...puta me vel inanis arboris trunco vel cavis inventos petris domum favos retulisse; multa nihilominus, quae libera fuerant..." - P
Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...auras. circumstant properi aurigae manibusque lacessunt pectora plausa cavis et colla comantia pectunt. ipse dehinc auro squalentem alboque..."
