Calvena

Latin

Etymology

From calvus (“bald”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kalˈu̯eː.na/, [käɫ̪ˈu̯eːnä]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kalˈve.na/, [kälˈvɛːnä]

Proper noun

Calvēna m sg (genitive Calvēnae); first declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Matius Calvena, a friend of Caesar

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Calvēna
Genitive	Calvēnae
Dative	Calvēnae
Accusative	Calvēnam
Ablative	Calvēnā
Vocative	Calvēna

References

• “Calvena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Calvena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.