cavatus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of cavō (“hollow out, excavate”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈu̯aː.tus/, [käˈu̯äːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈva.tus/, [käˈväːt̪us]

Participle

cavātus (feminine cavāta, neuter cavātum); first/second-declension participle

1. hollowed out, excavated, hollow, having been hollowed out
2. perforated, pierced, having been pierced

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cavātus	cavāta	cavātum		cavātī	cavātae	cavāta
Genitive	cavātī	cavātae	cavātī		cavātōrum	cavātārum	cavātōrum
Dative	cavātō		cavātō		cavātīs
Accusative	cavātum	cavātam	cavātum		cavātōs	cavātās	cavāta
Ablative	cavātō	cavātā	cavātō		cavātīs
Vocative	cavāte	cavāta	cavātum		cavātī	cavātae	cavāta

Derived terms

• cavātiō

Descendants

• English: cavate
• Italian: cavato
• Portuguese: cavado
• Sicilian: cavatu
• Spanish: cavado

References

• “cavatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cavatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cavatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.