calvities
English
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Latin calvitiēs (“baldness”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcalvities (uncountable)
- Baldness, the condition of being bald.
Etymology 2
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcalvities
References
edit- ^ “calvities”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- ^ Gould, George Milbry, Scott, Richard John Ernst (1919) The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary, Third Edition, page 182
French
editNoun
editcalvities f
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom calvus (“without hair, bald, hairless”) + -itiēs.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kalˈu̯i.ti.eːs/, [käɫ̪ˈu̯ɪt̪ieːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kalˈvit.t͡si.es/, [kälˈvit̪ː͡s̪ies]
Noun
editcalvitiēs f (genitive calvitiēī); fifth declension
- baldness
- c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 108.1:
- Obstupueram ego supplicii metu pavidus, nec quid in re manifestissima dicerem, inveniebam turbatus ... et deformis praeter spoliati capitis dedecus superciliorum etiam aequalis cum fronte calvities, ut nihil nec facere deceret nec dicere.
- 1913 translation by Michael Heseltine
- I was dumb with terror of being punished, and too upset to find a word to say, for the case was only too clear. . . .We were in no position to speak, or do anything, for to say nothing of the disgrace of our shaven heads, our eyebrows were as bald as our pates.
- 1913 translation by Michael Heseltine
- Obstupueram ego supplicii metu pavidus, nec quid in re manifestissima dicerem, inveniebam turbatus ... et deformis praeter spoliati capitis dedecus superciliorum etiam aequalis cum fronte calvities, ut nihil nec facere deceret nec dicere.
Declension
editFifth-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | calvitiēs |
Genitive | calvitiēī |
Dative | calvitiēī |
Accusative | calvitiem |
Ablative | calvitiē |
Vocative | calvitiēs |
Synonyms
editDescendants
edit- Catalan: calvície
- English: calvities
- French: calvitie
- Italian: calvizie
- Portuguese: calvície
- Spanish: calvicie
References
edit- “calvities”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- calvities in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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