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|lshtext=<b>calvus</b>: a, um, adj. cf. O. H. Germ. [[chalo]]; Germ. kahl,<br /><b>I</b> [[bald]], [[without]] [[hair]] ([[whether]] by [[nature]] or by shaving or [[shearing]]; [[rare]]; not in Lucr., Cic., Hor., or Verg.): raso capite [[calvus]], Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 306: [[senex]], Petr. 27; Suet. Calig. 27: [[moechus]], id. Caes. 51; Phaedr. 2, 2, 9; 5, 3, 1; 5, 6, 1.—<br /> <b>2</b> Subst.: [[calva]], ae, f., the [[scalp]] [[without]] [[hair]], Liv. 23, 24, 12; Mart. 10, 83, 12; 12, 45, 12.—<br /> <b>B</b> [[Venus]] Calva, worshipped in a [[particular]] [[temple]] [[after]] the [[irruption]] of the Gauls (as it is [[pretended]], [[because]] at [[that]] [[time]] the women [[cut]] [[off]] [[their]] [[hair]] for bowstrings), Lact. 1, 20, 7; Cypr. Idol. Van. 2, 10; Veg. Mil. 4, 9; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 720.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf. to plants: [[vinea]] a vite [[calva]], [[Cato]], R. R. 33, 3 (cf. Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 196, s. v. [[calvatus]]): nuces, [[with]] [[smooth]] shells, [[Cato]], R. R. 8, 2 (quoted in Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 90, [[where]] in MSS. the var. lect. galbas prob. arose from a false orthography of a [[later]] [[time]]; cf. the [[letter]] B fin.): calvae restes, Mart. 12, 32, 20.—Also,<br /> <b>B</b> Subst.: [[calva]], ae, f., a [[nut]] [[with]] a [[smooth]] [[shell]], Petr. 66, 4. | |lshtext=<b>calvus</b>: a, um, adj. cf. O. H. Germ. [[chalo]]; Germ. kahl,<br /><b>I</b> [[bald]], [[without]] [[hair]] ([[whether]] by [[nature]] or by shaving or [[shearing]]; [[rare]]; not in Lucr., Cic., Hor., or Verg.): raso capite [[calvus]], Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 306: [[senex]], Petr. 27; Suet. Calig. 27: [[moechus]], id. Caes. 51; Phaedr. 2, 2, 9; 5, 3, 1; 5, 6, 1.—<br /> <b>2</b> Subst.: [[calva]], ae, f., the [[scalp]] [[without]] [[hair]], Liv. 23, 24, 12; Mart. 10, 83, 12; 12, 45, 12.—<br /> <b>B</b> [[Venus]] Calva, worshipped in a [[particular]] [[temple]] [[after]] the [[irruption]] of the Gauls (as it is [[pretended]], [[because]] at [[that]] [[time]] the women [[cut]] [[off]] [[their]] [[hair]] for bowstrings), Lact. 1, 20, 7; Cypr. Idol. Van. 2, 10; Veg. Mil. 4, 9; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 720.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf. to plants: [[vinea]] a vite [[calva]], [[Cato]], R. R. 33, 3 (cf. Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 196, s. v. [[calvatus]]): nuces, [[with]] [[smooth]] shells, [[Cato]], R. R. 8, 2 (quoted in Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 90, [[where]] in MSS. the var. lect. galbas prob. arose from a false orthography of a [[later]] [[time]]; cf. the [[letter]] B fin.): calvae restes, Mart. 12, 32, 20.—Also,<br /> <b>B</b> Subst.: [[calva]], ae, f., a [[nut]] [[with]] a [[smooth]] [[shell]], Petr. 66, 4. | ||
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|gf=(1) <b>[[calvus]],¹² a, um, chauve, sans cheveux : Pl. Amph. 462 ; Sen. Ep. 95, 21 || [fig.] lisse : calvæ nuces [[Cato]] Agr. 8, 2, noix à la coquille lisse || dénudé, dégarni : Mart. 12, 32, 20 || subst. f., noix à la coquille lisse : Petr. 66, 4 || calvior Apul. M. 5, 9. | |||
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Revision as of 06:40, 14 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
calvus: a, um, adj. cf. O. H. Germ. chalo; Germ. kahl,
I bald, without hair (whether by nature or by shaving or shearing; rare; not in Lucr., Cic., Hor., or Verg.): raso capite calvus, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 306: senex, Petr. 27; Suet. Calig. 27: moechus, id. Caes. 51; Phaedr. 2, 2, 9; 5, 3, 1; 5, 6, 1.—
2 Subst.: calva, ae, f., the scalp without hair, Liv. 23, 24, 12; Mart. 10, 83, 12; 12, 45, 12.—
B Venus Calva, worshipped in a particular temple after the irruption of the Gauls (as it is pretended, because at that time the women cut off their hair for bowstrings), Lact. 1, 20, 7; Cypr. Idol. Van. 2, 10; Veg. Mil. 4, 9; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 720.—
II Transf. to plants: vinea a vite calva, Cato, R. R. 33, 3 (cf. Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 196, s. v. calvatus): nuces, with smooth shells, Cato, R. R. 8, 2 (quoted in Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 90, where in MSS. the var. lect. galbas prob. arose from a false orthography of a later time; cf. the letter B fin.): calvae restes, Mart. 12, 32, 20.—Also,
B Subst.: calva, ae, f., a nut with a smooth shell, Petr. 66, 4.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) calvus,¹² a, um, chauve, sans cheveux : Pl. Amph. 462 ; Sen. Ep. 95, 21
