cavitas

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From cavus (“hollow, excavated, concave”) +‎ -tās (“-ity”, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.u̯i.taːs/, [ˈkäu̯ɪt̪äːs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.vi.tas/, [ˈkäːvit̪äs]

Noun edit

cavitās f (genitive cavitātis); third declension (Late Latin)

a cavity

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Inflection edit

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cavitās	cavitātēs
Genitive	cavitātis	cavitātum
Dative	cavitātī	cavitātibus
Accusative	cavitātem	cavitātēs
Ablative	cavitāte	cavitātibus
Vocative	cavitās	cavitātēs

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

→ Catalan: cavitat
→ English: cavity
→ French: cavité
Galician: cavidade
→ Italian: cavità
Portuguese: cavidade
→ Romanian: cavitate
Spanish: cavidad
→ Proto-Brythonic:
- Welsh: ceudod

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