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cavo

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See also: cavó and cavò

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cavo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cavar

Galician

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cavo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cavar

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈka.vo/
  • Rhymes: -avo
  • Hyphenation: cà‧vo

Etymology 1

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    From Latin cavus.

    Adjective

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    cavo (feminine cava, masculine plural cavi, feminine plural cave)

    1. hollow
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    Etymology 2

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    From Latin cavum, cavus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos (“cavity”).

    Noun

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    cavo m (plural cavi)

    1. hollow, cavity
      Synonyms: incavo, cavità

    Verb

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    cavo

    1. first-person singular present indicative of cavare
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    Etymology 3

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    Probably borrowed from Portuguese cabo or from Genoese, ultimately from Latin capulum.

    Noun

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    cavo m (plural cavi)

    1. cable
    2. rope
    3. wire
    4. hawser
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    Further reading

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    • Maiden, Martin. 1995. A linguistic history of Italian. London: Longman. Chapter 2, §7.2.

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    Latin

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-Italic *kawāō. Equivalent to cavus (“hollow”) +‎ -ō; related to Etruscan 𐌂𐌀𐌅𐌄 (cave).

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    Verb

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    cavō (present infinitive cavāre, perfect active cavāvī, supine cavātum); first conjugation

    1. to make hollow, hollow out, excavate
    2. to perforate, pierce

    Conjugation

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       Conjugation of cavō (first conjugation)
    indicative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present cavō cavās cavat cavāmus cavātis cavant
    imperfect cavābam cavābās cavābat cavābāmus cavābātis cavābant
    future cavābō cavābis cavābit cavābimus cavābitis cavābunt
    perfect cavāvī cavāvistī cavāvit cavāvimus cavāvistis cavāvērunt,
    cavāvēre
    pluperfect cavāveram cavāverās cavāverat cavāverāmus cavāverātis cavāverant
    future perfect cavāverō cavāveris cavāverit cavāverimus cavāveritis cavāverint
    passive present cavor cavāris,
    cavāre     		cavātur cavāmur cavāminī cavantur
    imperfect cavābar cavābāris,
    cavābāre     		cavābātur cavābāmur cavābāminī cavābantur
    future cavābor cavāberis,
    cavābere     		cavābitur cavābimur cavābiminī cavābuntur
    perfect cavātus + present active indicative of sum
    pluperfect cavātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
    future perfect cavātus + future active indicative of sum
    subjunctive singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present cavem cavēs cavet cavēmus cavētis cavent
    imperfect cavārem cavārēs cavāret cavārēmus cavārētis cavārent
    perfect cavāverim cavāverīs cavāverit cavāverīmus cavāverītis cavāverint
    pluperfect cavāvissem cavāvissēs cavāvisset cavāvissēmus cavāvissētis cavāvissent
    passive present caver cavēris,
    cavēre     		cavētur cavēmur cavēminī caventur
    imperfect cavārer cavārēris,
    cavārēre     		cavārētur cavārēmur cavārēminī cavārentur
    perfect cavātus + present active subjunctive of sum
    pluperfect cavātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
    imperative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present — cavā — — cavāte —
    future — cavātō cavātō — cavātōte cavantō
    passive present — cavāre — — cavāminī —
    future — cavātor cavātor — — cavantor
    non-finite forms infinitive participle
    active passive active passive
    present cavāre cavārī cavāns —
    future cavātūrum esse cavātum īrī cavātūrus cavandus
    perfect cavāvisse cavātum esse — cavātus
    future perfect — cavātum fore — —
    perfect potential cavātūrum fuisse — — —
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    cavandī cavandō cavandum cavandō cavātum cavātū

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    References

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    • “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
    • “cavo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • (ambiguous) to prescribe in one's will: testamento aliquid cavere (Fin. 2. 31)

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    cavo

    1. first-person singular present indicative of cavar

    Spanish

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈkabo/ [ˈka.β̞o]
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    • Rhymes: -abo
    • Syllabification: ca‧vo
    • Homophone: cabo

    Etymology 1

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    Borrowed from Latin cavus (“concave, hollow”, adjective).[1]

    Adjective

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    cavo (feminine cava, masculine plural cavos, feminine plural cavas)

    1. concave
      Synonym: cóncavo
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    Etymology 2

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    Inherited from Latin cavum, cavus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos (“cavity”).

    Noun

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    cavo m (plural cavos)

    1. burrow, den
      Synonym: madriguera
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    Etymology 3

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      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Verb

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      cavo

      1. first-person singular present indicative of cavar

      References

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      1. ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “cavo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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