cavos
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);
acc. pl. (m.) - Entry →cavus, cavi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
hole, cavity, depression, pit, opening; cave, burrow; enclosed space; aperture;
acc. pl.nom. sg.
Examples
Menaechmi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...PEN.Licet. MEN. Etiam nunc concede audacter ab leonino cavo. PEN. Eu edepol ne tu, ut ego opinor, esses..."Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...spoliis corpus vestire ferarum, sed nemora atque cavos montis silvasque colebant et frutices inter condebant squalida membra verbera..."Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...committunt, sonabunt; praecipuus tamen erit hiatus earum quae cavo aut patulo maxime ore efferuntur. XXXIV. E planior littera..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...sola nitet flavis Nomadum decisa metallis purpura, sola cavo Phrygiae quam Synnados antro ipse cruentavit maculis lucentibus Attis..."Liber II
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...timore postquam complevit locum,dolosa tuto condidit sese cavo:inde evagata noctu suspenso pede,ubi esca sese explevit..."Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...lumine Manes. ergo insperata deprensum luce repente inclusumque cavo saxo atque insueta rudentem desuper Alcides telis premit, omniaque..."Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...multa viri nequiquam inter se vulnera iactant, multa cavo lateri ingeminant et pectore vastos dant sonitus, erratque auris..."Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...litora, dat signum specula Misenus ab alta aere cavo. invadunt socii et nova proelia temptant, obscenas pelagi ferro..."
