cavitas

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.u̯i.taːs/, [ˈkäu̯ɪt̪äːs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.vi.tas/, [ˈkäːvit̪äs]

Noun

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

a cavity

Inflection

Third-declension noun.

Case	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

Descendants of cavitās in other languages

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

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