Latin

Noun

calvitium n ‎(genitive calvitiī); second declension

1. loss of hair, baldness
2. (of places without vegetation) bareness, scantiness, sterility

Inflection

Second declension.

Synonyms

• (baldness): calvitiēs

Related terms

Descendants

• English: calvity

References

• calvitium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• calvitium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “calvitium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.