cavatio
From LSJ
ἐν πίθῳ ἡ κεραμεία γιγνομένη → trying to run before you can walk, the potter's art starting on a big jar
Latin > English
cavatio cavationis N F :: hollow shape, cavity; cavern, hollow
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
căvātĭo: ōnis, f. cavo,
I a cavern, hollow, Varr. L. L. 5, §§ 19 and 123 Müll.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 700.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
căvātĭō, ōnis, f. (cavo), cavité : Varro L. 5, 19 ; Serv. En. 9, 697.
Latin > German (Georges)
cavātio, ōnis, f. (cavo), die Höhlung, Varr. LL. 5. § 19 u. 20.
