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
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..."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..."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..."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..."
