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calvus

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *kalawos, from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥H- (“bald”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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calvus (feminine calva, neuter calvum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. hairless, bald

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative calvus calva calvum calvī calvae calva
genitive calvī calvae calvī calvōrum calvārum calvōrum
dative calvō calvae calvō calvīs
accusative calvum calvam calvum calvōs calvās calva
ablative calvō calvā calvō calvīs
vocative calve calva calvum calvī calvae calva

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • “calvus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “calvus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • calvus 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)
  • calvus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “calvus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “calvus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • “calvus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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