cavo
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cavo
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cavo
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Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
cavo (feminine cava, masculine plural cavi, feminine plural cave)
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Etymology 2 edit
From Latin cavum, cavus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos (“cavity”).
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cavo m (plural cavi)
Verb edit
cavo
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Etymology 3 edit
Probably borrowed from Portuguese cabo or from Genoese, ultimately from Latin capulum.
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cavo m (plural cavi)
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Further reading edit
- Maiden, Martin. 1995. A linguistic history of Italian. London: Longman. Chapter 2, §7.2.
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *kawāō. Equivalent to cavus (“hollow”) + -ō; related to Etruscan 𐌂𐌀𐌅𐌄 (cave).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈka.u̯oː/, [ˈkäu̯oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈka.vo/, [ˈkäːvo]
Verb edit
cavō (present infinitive cavāre, perfect active cavāvī, supine cavātum); first conjugation
- to make hollow, hollow out, excavate
- to perforate, pierce
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References edit
- “cavo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cavo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cavo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to prescribe in one's will: testamento aliquid cavere (Fin. 2. 31)
- (ambiguous) to prescribe in one's will: testamento aliquid cavere (Fin. 2. 31)
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): [ˈka.βu]
- Rhymes: -avu, (Northern Portugal) -abu
- Homophone: cabo (Northern Portugal)
- Hyphenation: ca‧vo
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cavo
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Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin cavus (“concave, hollow”, adjective).[1]
Adjective edit
cavo (feminine cava, masculine plural cavos, feminine plural cavas)
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Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Latin cavum, cavus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos (“cavity”).
Noun edit
cavo m (plural cavos)
- burrow, den
- Synonym: madriguera
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Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
cavo
References edit
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading edit
- “cavo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014