calvor

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kalwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelh₁- or *ḱh₂l-. Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek κηλέω (kēléō), Old English holian (from Proto-Germanic *hōlōną), and Russian хвала́ (xvalá) (from Proto-Slavic *xvala).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.u̯or/, [ˈkäɫ̪u̯ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.vor/, [ˈkälvor]

Verb

calvor (present infinitive calvī); third conjugation, deponent, no perfect or supine stem

1. (Old Latin) to deceive
2. (Old Latin) to intrigue against

Conjugation

Conjugation of calvor (third conjugation, no supine stem, deponent, no perfect stem)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	calvor	calveris, calvere	calvitur	calvimur	calviminī	calvuntur
	imperfect	calvēbar	calvēbāris, calvēbāre	calvēbātur	calvēbāmur	calvēbāminī	calvēbantur
	future	calvar	calvēris, calvēre	calvētur	calvēmur	calvēminī	calventur
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	calvar	calvāris, calvāre	calvātur	calvāmur	calvāminī	calvantur
	imperfect	calverer	calverēris, calverēre	calverētur	calverēmur	calverēminī	calverentur
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	calvere	—	—	calviminī	—
	future	—	calvitor	calvitor	—	—	calvuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		calvī	—	—	—	—	—
participles		calvēns	—	—	—	—	calvendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		calvendī	calvendō	calvendum	calvendō	—	—

Derived terms

• calumnia

Descendants

• Portuguese: calvir
• Spanish: calvir

Further reading

• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “calvor”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 85
• “calvor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• calvor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.