cavositas

Latin

Etymology

From cavōsus +‎ -tas.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈu̯oː.si.tas/, [käˈu̯oːs̠ɪt̪äs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈvo.si.tas/, [käˈvɔːs̬it̪äs]

Noun

cavōsitās f (genitive cavōsitātis); third declension

1. A hollow, cavity

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cavōsitās	cavōsitātēs
genitive	cavōsitātis	cavōsitātum
dative	cavōsitātī	cavōsitātibus
accusative	cavōsitātem	cavōsitātēs
ablative	cavōsitāte	cavōsitātibus
vocative	cavōsitās	cavōsitātēs

Related terms

• cavātus
• caverna
• cavernātim
• cavernō
• cavernōsus
• cavernula
• cavō
• cavum aedium
• cavus

References

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