calvor

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kalwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₁l-, *keh₁l-. Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek κηλέω (kēléō), Old English holian (from Proto-Germanic *hōlōną), and Russian хвала́ (xvalá) (from Proto-Slavic *xvala).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.u̯or/, [ˈkäɫ̪u̯ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.vor/, [ˈkälvor]

Verb

calvor (present infinitive calvī); third conjugation, deponent, no perfect or supine stems

1. (Old Latin) to deceive
2. (Old Latin) to intrigue against

Conjugation

   Conjugation of calvor (third conjugation, deponent, no perfect or supine stems)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	calvor		calveris, calvere		calvitur		calvimur		calviminī		calvuntur
	imperfect	calvēbar		calvēbāris, calvēbāre		calvēbātur		calvēbāmur		calvēbāminī		calvēbantur
	future	calvar		calvēris, calvēre		calvētur		calvēmur		calvēminī		calventur
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	calvar		calvāris, calvāre		calvātur		calvāmur		calvāminī		calvantur
	imperfect	calverer		calverēris, calverēre		calverētur		calverēmur		calverēminī		calverentur
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		calvere		—		—		calviminī		—
	future	—		calvitor		calvitor		—		—		calvuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		calvī			—			calvēns			—
future		—			—			—			calvendus
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		calvendī		calvendō		calvendum		calvendō		—		—

Derived terms

• calumnia

Descendants

• Portuguese: calvir
• Spanish: calvir

Further reading

• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “calvor”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 85
• “calvor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• calvor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.