caverna

See also: cavernă

Italian

Etymology

From Latin caverna.

Noun

caverna f (plural caverne)

  1. cave, cavern

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From cavus (“hollow”) +‎ -rnus.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kaˈwer.na/, [kaˈwɛr.na]

Noun

caverna f (genitive cavernae); first declension

  1. cave, cavern, grotto
    • 29-19 BC, Virgil, Aeneid, 8.420
      striduntque cauernis / stricturae Chalybum et fornacibus ignis anhelat
      Chalybian ores hiss in the caverns, and from the furnace mouths puffthe hot-panting fires
  2. vault, chamber, cleft

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative caverna cavernae
genitive cavernae cavernārum
dative cavernae cavernīs
accusative cavernam cavernās
ablative cavernā cavernīs
vocative caverna cavernae

Descendants

  • Romanian: cavernă
  • Russian: каве́рна (kavérna) (borrowed)
  • Spanish: caverna

References

  • caverna in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • caverna in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • caverna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caverna.

Noun

caverna f (plural cavernas)

  1. cave

Romanian

Noun

caverna f

  1. definite singular nominative and accusative form of cavernă.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caverna.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈberna/, [kaˈβerna]

Noun

caverna f (plural cavernas)

  1. cavern

References

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