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
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...mihi hercle, ut opinor: malus cum malo stulte cavi. 909a tum pol ego interii, homo si ille abiit..."Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...postquam tuos sum, verborum dedi? TH. Ego enim cavi recte: eam mihi des gratiam atque animo..."Mercator
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quicquam adsimile huius facti feceris. LYSIMACHVS Edepol numquam; cavi ne quid facerem. vix vivo miser. nam mea uxor..."Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...hiatusque terrae subeuntium an aquarum subter in terrarum cavis undantium pulsibus fluctibusque, ita uti videntur existimasse antiquissimi Graecorum..."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..."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..."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..."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..."
