cavatura

Italian

Etymology

From cavare +‎ -tura.

Noun

cavatura f (plural cavature)

1. extraction, excavation
2. ditch, hollow

Latin

Participle

cavātūra

1. inflection of cavātūrus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

cavātūrā

1. ablative feminine singular of cavātūrus

References

• “cavatura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cavatura in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)