calvitium
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From calvus (“without hair, bald, hairless”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kalˈu̯i.ti.um/, [käɫ̪ˈu̯ɪt̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kalˈvit.t͡si.um/, [kälˈvit̪ː͡s̪ium]
Noun edit
calvitium n (genitive calvitiī or calvitī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | calvitium | calvitia |
Genitive | calvitiī calvitī1 |
calvitiōrum |
Dative | calvitiō | calvitiīs |
Accusative | calvitium | calvitia |
Ablative | calvitiō | calvitiīs |
Vocative | calvitium | calvitia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Synonyms edit
- (baldness): calvitiēs
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- English: calvity
References edit
- “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.