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cavitas

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Latin

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Etymology

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From cavus (hollow, excavated, concave) +‎ -tās (-ity, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cavitās f (genitive cavitātis); third declension (Late Latin)

  1. a cavity
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Inflection

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cavitās cavitātēs
genitive cavitātis cavitātum
dative cavitātī cavitātibus
accusative cavitātem cavitātēs
ablative cavitāte cavitātibus
vocative cavitās cavitātēs
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Descendants

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  • Catalan: cavitat
  • English: cavity
  • French: cavité
  • Galician: cavidade
  • Italian: cavità
  • Portuguese: cavidade
  • Romanian: cavitate
  • Spanish: cavidad
  • Proto-Brythonic: