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cavus
cavus
See also: çavuş
English
Noun
cavus (uncountable)
- (geology) In planetary geology, it is used to refer to irregular steep-sided depressions that do not seem to be impact craters.
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos (“cavity”) (compare Irish cúas (“hollow, cavity”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówH- (compare Tocharian B kor (“throat”), Albanian cup (“odd, uneven”), Ancient Greek κύαρ (kúar, “eye of needle, earhole”), Old Armenian սոր (sor, “hole”), Sanskrit शून्य (śūnya, “empty, barren, zero”)) + *-wós.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈka.wus/, [ˈka.wʊs]
Adjective
cavus m (feminine cava, neuter cavum); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | cavus | cava | cavum | cavī | cavae | cava | |
| genitive | cavī | cavae | cavī | cavōrum | cavārum | cavōrum | |
| dative | cavō | cavō | cavīs | ||||
| accusative | cavum | cavam | cavum | cavōs | cavās | cava | |
| ablative | cavō | cavā | cavō | cavīs | |||
| vocative | cave | cava | cavum | cavī | cavae | cava | |
Antonyms
- (concave): plēnus
Derived terms
Related terms
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Noun
cavus m (genitive cavī); second declension
- Alternative form of cavum
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cavus | cavī |
| genitive | cavī | cavōrum |
| dative | cavō | cavīs |
| accusative | cavum | cavōs |
| ablative | cavō | cavīs |
| vocative | cave | cavī |
Descendants
References
- cavus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cavus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- CAVUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cavus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.