calvitium
Latin
Etymology
From calvus (“without hair, bald, hairless”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kalˈwi.ti.um/, [kaɫˈwɪ.ti.ũ]
Noun
calvitium n (genitive calvitiī); second declension
- loss of hair, baldness
- (of places without vegetation) bareness, scantiness, sterility
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | calvitium | calvitia |
| Genitive | calvitiī | calvitiōrum |
| Dative | calvitiō | calvitiīs |
| Accusative | calvitium | calvitia |
| Ablative | calvitiō | calvitiīs |
| Vocative | calvitium | calvitia |
Synonyms
- (baldness): calvitiēs
Related terms
- calva
- calvāria
- calvāriola
- calvārium
- calvātus
- Calvēna
- calveō
- calvēscō
- calvitiēs
- calvus
Descendants
- English: calvity
References
- calvitium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- calvitium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- calvitium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette