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cavo
cavo
Italian
Adjective
cavo m (feminine singular cava, masculine plural cavi, feminine plural cave)
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Etymology 2
From Latin cavum, cavus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos (“cavity”).
Noun
cavo m (plural cavi)
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Verb
cavo
- first-person singular present of cavare
Etymology 3
Probably from the Spanish cabo.
Noun
cavo m (plural cavi)
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Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈka.woː/
Verb
cavō (present infinitive cavāre, perfect active cavāvī, supine cavātum); first conjugation
- I make hollow, hollow out, excavate
- I perforate, pierce
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References
- cavo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cavo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cavo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
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(ambiguous) to prescribe in one's will: testamento aliquid cavere (Fin. 2. 31)
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(ambiguous) to prescribe in one's will: testamento aliquid cavere (Fin. 2. 31)
Spanish
Etymology 1
Borrowing from Latin cavus (“concave, hollow”) (adjective) [1].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈka.βo]
- Homophone: cabo
Adjective
cavo m (feminine singular cava, masculine plural cavos, feminine plural cavas)
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- vena cava
- pie cavo
Etymology 2
From Latin cavum, cavus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos (“cavity”).
Noun
cavo m (plural cavos)
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Etymology 3
Verb form.
Verb
cavo