Latin edit

Etymology edit

From calvus (without hair, bald) +‎ -eō.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

calveō (present infinitive calvēre); second conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

  1. to be bald

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of calveō (second conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present calveō calvēs calvet calvēmus calvētis calvent
imperfect calvēbam calvēbās calvēbat calvēbāmus calvēbātis calvēbant
future calvēbō calvēbis calvēbit calvēbimus calvēbitis calvēbunt
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present calveam calveās calveat calveāmus calveātis calveant
imperfect calvērem calvērēs calvēret calvērēmus calvērētis calvērent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present calvē calvēte
future calvētō calvētō calvētōte calventō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives calvēre
participles calvēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
calvendī calvendō calvendum calvendō

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References edit

  • calveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • calveo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.