calvities

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin calvitiēs (“baldness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kælˈvɪʃiiːz/

Noun

calvities (uncountable)

1. Baldness, the condition of being bald.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkælvɪtiz/

Noun

calvities

1. plural of calvity

French

Noun

calvities f

1. plural of calvitie

Latin

Etymology

From calvus (“without hair, bald, hairless”) +‎ -itiēs.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kalˈu̯i.ti.eːs/, [käɫ̪ˈu̯ɪt̪ieːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kalˈvit.t͡si.es/, [kälˈvit̪ː͡s̪ies]

Noun

calvitiēs f (genitive calvitiēī); fifth declension

1. baldness
   • c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 108.1:

     Obstupueram ego supplicii metu pavidus, nec quid in re manifestissima dicerem, inveniebam turbatus ... et deformis praeter spoliati capitis dedecus superciliorum etiam aequalis cum fronte calvities, ut nihil nec facere deceret nec dicere.

     • 1913 translation by Michael Heseltine

       I was dumb with terror of being punished, and too upset to find a word to say, for the case was only too clear. . . .We were in no position to speak, or do anything, for to say nothing of the disgrace of our shaven heads, our eyebrows were as bald as our pates.

Declension

Fifth-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	calvitiēs
genitive	calvitiēī
dative	calvitiēī
accusative	calvitiem
ablative	calvitiē
vocative	calvitiēs

Synonyms

• calvitium

Descendants

• Catalan: calvície
• English: calvities
• French: calvitie
• Italian: calvizie
• Portuguese: calvície
• Spanish: calvicie

References

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