cavus – Latin noun declension

Noun: cavus
Hyphenation:

Gender: Masculine Declension: Second

Nominative

Singular	cavus
Plural	cavī

Genitive

Singular	cavī
Plural	cavōrum

Dative

Singular	cavō
Plural	cavīs

Accusative

Singular	cavum
Plural	cavōs

Ablative

Singular	cavō
Plural	cavīs

Vocative

Singular	cave
Plural	cavī

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like cavus

priāpismus, scāpus, servus, cuneolus, sargus, saccus, scarus, scinus, scopus, illēgitimus, sorbus, sophus, somnus, Hispānus, soccus, sirpus, siclus, icterus, cunīculus, xystus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁-
3. Proto-Indo-European *-ós
4. Proto-Indo-European *ḱowh₁ós?
5. Proto-Italic *kawos
6. Latin cavus
7. Inherited from Proto-Italic *kawos, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱowh₁ós (“hollow”), from *ḱewh₁- (“to swell”) + *-ós.
8. Related to Persian کاو (“hollow”), Old Irish cúas (“hollow, cavity”), Tocharian B kor (“throat”), Albanian cup (“odd, uneven”), Ancient Greek κῠ́ᾰρ (kŭ́ăr, “eye of needle, earhole”), Old Armenian սոր (sor, “hole”), Sanskrit शून्य (śūnya, “empty, barren, zero”), Etruscan 𐌂𐌀𐌅𐌄𐌈 (caveθ). Further related to Proto-Germanic *hūnaz (“outgrowth, swelling; block of wood; offspring”), whence English hune and hound (“projection on a masthead, foretop; bar”).

Verbs referencing "cavus"

English Nouns gabion, Catalan Nouns cava, Catalan Nouns cova, Portuguese Nouns cova, Asturian Nouns cueva, Spanish Nouns cueva, Romanian Nouns gaură, English Nouns cavetto, Russian Nouns экскаватор, Romanian Nouns căuș, Latin Nouns colostra, Old Spanish Nouns cueua, Italian Nouns cavagno, Galician Nouns cavorco, Russian Nouns габион, Russian Nouns каверна.