cavitas

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈka.u̯i.taːs/, [ˈkäu̯ɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.vi.tas/, [ˈkäːvit̪äs]

Noun

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

1. a cavity

Inflection

Third-declension noun.

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

Related terms

• cavum
• concavitās

Descendants

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