cavatus
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of cavō (“hollow out, excavate”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kaˈwaː.tus/, [kaˈwaː.tʊs]
Participle
cavātus m (feminine cavāta, neuter cavātum); first/second declension
- hollowed out, excavated, hollow, having been hollowed out
- perforated, pierced, having been pierced
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | cavātus | cavāta | cavātum | cavātī | cavātae | cavāta | |
| Genitive | cavātī | cavātae | cavātī | cavātōrum | cavātārum | cavātōrum | |
| Dative | cavātō | cavātae | cavātō | cavātīs | cavātīs | cavātīs | |
| Accusative | cavātum | cavātam | cavātum | cavātōs | cavātās | cavāta | |
| Ablative | cavātō | cavātā | cavātō | cavātīs | cavātīs | cavātīs | |
| Vocative | cavāte | cavāta | cavātum | cavātī | cavātae | cavāta | |
Derived terms
- cavātiō
Descendants
- English: cavated
- Italian: cavato
- Portuguese: cavado
- Spanish: cavado
References
- cavatus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cavatus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cavatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette