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

  1. hollowed out, excavated, hollow, having been hollowed out
  2. 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

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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