calvitium

Latin

Etymology

From calvus (“without hair, bald, hairless”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kalˈu̯i.ti.um/, [käɫ̪ˈu̯ɪt̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kalˈvit.t͡si.um/, [kälˈvit̪ː͡s̪ium]

Noun

calvitium n (genitive calvitiī or calvitī); second declension

1. loss of hair, baldness
2. (of places without vegetation) bareness, scantiness, sterility

Declension

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

• (baldness): calvitiēs

Related terms

• calva
• calvāria
• calvāriola
• calvārium
• calvātus
• Calvēna
• calveō
• calvēscō
• calvitiēs
• calvus

Descendants

• English: calvity

References

• “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.