See cavus on Wiktionary
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"english": "As soon as these words were said, [King Aeolus], with [his] lance-head turned over, struck the hollow mountain on [its] side ….\n(The A-B-B-A pattern known as chiasmus: “cavum conversa cuspide montem.” This example separates the adjective “cavum” from its noun “montem,” and creates rhythmical alliteration and consonance through three successive hard “c” sounds. In addition, the Latin word order in lines 81-82 builds tension: The reader first pictures the hollow mountain, next the king dramatically overturning his spear towards it, and lastly striking his spear against the mountainside.)",
"ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.81–82",
"roman": "impulit in latus ….",
"text": "Haec ubi dicta, cavum conversā cuspide montem",
"translation": "As soon as these words were said, [King Aeolus], with [his] lance-head turned over, struck the hollow mountain on [its] side ….\n(The A-B-B-A pattern known as chiasmus: “cavum conversa cuspide montem.” This example separates the adjective “cavum” from its noun “montem,” and creates rhythmical alliteration and consonance through three successive hard “c” sounds. In addition, the Latin word order in lines 81-82 builds tension: The reader first pictures the hollow mountain, next the king dramatically overturning his spear towards it, and lastly striking his spear against the mountainside.)",
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[
"concave",
"concave"
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{
"ipa": "[ˈkaː.vus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
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"Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
"Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱewh₁-",
"Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Pages with etymology trees",
"Requests for quotations in Latin"
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"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"word": "cau"
},
{
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"word": "cova"
},
{
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"word": "cava"
},
{
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"word": "cavo"
},
{
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"word": "cavo"
},
{
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
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{
"lang": "Sicilian",
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"word": "cavu"
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{
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"word": "cavo"
},
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{
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{
"lang": "Esperanto",
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"borrowed"
],
"word": "kavo"
},
{
"lang": "French",
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"borrowed"
],
"word": "cave"
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{
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"3": "itc-pro:<alt:*kawos><ety:inh<ine-pro:<unc><alt:*ḱowh₁ós><t:hollow><ety:der<*ḱewh₁-<t:to swell>>>>><ref:<span class=\"cited-source\">De Vaan, Michiel (<span class=\"None\" lang=\"und\">2008), “cavus”, in <cite>Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages</cite> (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, <small>→ISBN</small>, pages 101-2</span></span>>",
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"3": "",
"4": "eye of needle, earhole"
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "xcl",
"2": "սոր",
"3": "",
"4": "hole"
},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "शून्य",
"3": "",
"4": "empty, barren, zero"
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ett",
"2": "𐌂𐌀𐌅𐌄𐌈"
},
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"3": "",
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"name": "cog"
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"1": "en",
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}
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"cavi"
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"cavi#Latin"
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"cavi#Latin"
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"cavōrum",
"cavorum#Latin"
]
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"genitive",
"plural"
]
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"links": [
[
"cavō",
"cavo#Latin"
]
],
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"singular"
]
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"form": "cavīs",
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[
"cavīs",
"cavis#Latin"
]
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"dative",
"plural"
]
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"source": "inflection",
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"accusative",
"singular"
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[
"cavōs",
"cavos#Latin"
]
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"plural"
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[
"cavō",
"cavo#Latin"
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"singular"
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"cavis#Latin"
]
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"ablative",
"plural"
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"source": "inflection",
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[
"cavī",
"cavi#Latin"
]
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"plural",
"vocative"
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"name": "la-noun"
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"word": "cavum"
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]
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}
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}
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