cavum
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. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →cava, cavae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
hollow; cage (Ecc);
gen. pl. - 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. sg.gen. 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;
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- M
Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...quae antecesserunt: nam cum Aeolus a lunone rogatus "cavum conversa cuspide montem impulit in latus, et venti velut..." - M
XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...artus et nudata ossa et abrepta cute intus cavum pectus, nunc occurrunt effusa praecordia et lividae carnes..." - P
Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...pius Aeneas hastam iacit; illa per orbem aere cavum triplici, per linea terga tribusque transiit intextum tauris opus..." - P
Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...divom, nimborumque facis tempestatumque potentem.' Haec ubi dicta, cavum conversa cuspide montem impulit in latus: ac venti, velut..."
