cavatus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of cavō (“hollow out, excavate”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈu̯aː.tus/, [käˈu̯äːt̪ʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈva.tus/, [käˈväːt̪us]

Participle

cavātus (feminine cavāta, neuter cavātum); first/second-declension participle

hollowed out, excavated, hollow, having been hollowed out
perforated, pierced, having been pierced

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular				plural
nominative	cavātus	cavāta	cavātum		cavātī	cavātae	cavāta
genitive	cavātī	cavātae	cavātī		cavātōrum	cavātārum	cavātōrum
dative	cavātō	cavātae	cavātō		cavātīs
accusative	cavātum	cavātam	cavātum		cavātōs	cavātās	cavāta
ablative	cavātō	cavātā	cavātō		cavātīs
vocative	cavāte	cavāta	cavātum		cavātī	cavātae	cavāta

Derived terms

cavātiō

Descendants

English: cavate
Italian: cavato
Portuguese: cavado
Sicilian: cavatu
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.

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