concavitas

Latin

Etymology

From concavus (“hollow, concave”) +‎ -tās (“-ty”, abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /konˈka.u̯i.taːs/, [kɔŋˈkäu̯ɪt̪äːs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈka.vi.tas/, [koŋˈkäːvit̪äs]

Noun

concavitās f (genitive concavitātis); third declension (Late Latin)

hollow, cavity
- c. 420 CE, Caelius Aurelianus, Tardae passiones 2.1.14

Inflection

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	concavitās	concavitātēs
Genitive	concavitātis	concavitātum
Dative	concavitātī	concavitātibus
Accusative	concavitātem	concavitātēs
Ablative	concavitāte	concavitātibus
Vocative	concavitās	concavitātēs

Related terms

concavō (verb)
cavus

References

“concavitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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