cavus

See also çavuş

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin

Noun

cavus (uncountable)

1. (geology) In planetary geology, it is used to refer to irregular steep-sided depressions that do not seem to be impact craters.

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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 (kýar, “eye of needle, earhole”), Old Armenian սոր (sor, “hole”), Sanskrit शून्य (śūnya, “empty, barren, zero”)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈka.wus/

Adjective

cavus m (feminine cava, neuter cavum); first/second declension

1. hollow, concave
2. excavated, channeled

Inflection

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	cavae	cavō		cavīs	cavīs	cavīs
accusative	cavum	cavam	cavum		cavōs	cavās	cava
ablative	cavō	cavā	cavō		cavīs	cavīs	cavīs
vocative	cave	cava	cavum		cavī	cavae	cava

Antonyms

• (concave): plēnus

Derived terms

caverna cavō cavōsitās

cavum concavus

Related terms

cavātus cavernātim cavernō

cavernōsus cavernula

Noun

cavus (genitive cavī); m, second declension

1. Alternative form of cavum.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	cavus	cavī
genitive	cavī	cavōrum
dative	cavō	cavīs
accusative	cavum	cavōs
ablative	cavō	cavīs
vocative	cave	cavī

Descendants

Aromanian: gavrã Catalan: cau English: cave, cavus Esperanto: kavo French: cave, gavon

Italian: cavo, cavana Portuguese: cavo Romanian: gaură Spanish: cavo

References

• cavus in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879