cavamen

Latin

Etymology

From cavō (“I hollow out”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

cavāmen n (genitive cavāminis); third declension

  1. hollowing out
  2. cavern, hollow

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

singular plural
nominative cavāmen cavāmina
genitive cavāminis cavāminum
dative cavāminī cavāminibus
accusative cavāmen cavāmina
ablative cavāmine cavāminibus
vocative cavāmen cavāmina

References

  • “cavamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "cavamen", 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)
  • “cavamen”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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