different between clavus vs cavus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cl?vus (“a nail”). Doublet of clove.

Noun

clavus (plural clavuses or clavi)

1. A callous growth, especially on the foot; a corn.
   • 1988, Shepard R. Hurwitz, Foot and ankle pain (page 331)

     In a review of over 1000 interdigital clavuses, 65% were found in the fourth interspace, while the first and third web space clavuses were found in 17% and 16% of the patients respectively […]

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kl?wos, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh?u- (“nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for locking doors”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (kleís, “key”) and Old Church Slavonic ????? (klju??, “key”). Latin cl?vis (“key”) is either a secondary i-stem derivation, or a loanword from Ancient Greek ????? (kl??s).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?kla?.u?us/, [?k??ä?u?os?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kla.vus/, [?kl??vus]

Noun

cl?vus m (genitive cl?v?); second declension

1. a nail (metal spike)
2. rudder
3. helm (of a boat)
4. purple stripe on the tunic
5. callus, wart, tumor

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

References

• clavus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• clavus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• clavus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• clavus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• clavus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• clavus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cavus.

Noun

cavus (uncountable)

1. (geology) In planetary geology, it is used to refer to irregular steep-sided depressions that do not seem to be impact craters.

Anagrams

• UCAVs

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kawos, from Proto-Indo-European *?owh?ós (“hollow”), from Proto-Indo-European *?ewh?- (“to swell”). Related to Old Irish cúas (“hollow, cavity”), Tocharian B kor (“throat”), Albanian cup (“odd, uneven”), Ancient Greek ???? (kúar, “eye of needle, earhole”), Old Armenian ??? (sor, “hole”), Sanskrit ????? (??nya, “empty, barren, zero”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ka.u?us/, [?käu?os?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ka.vus/, [?k??vus]

Adjective

cavus (feminine cava, neuter cavum, comparative cavior); first/second-declension adjective

1. hollow, concave
2. excavated, channeled

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Antonyms

• (concave): pl?nus

Derived terms

Related terms

Noun

cavus m (genitive cav?); second declension

1. Alternative form of cavum

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

References

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 592
• cavus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cavus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cavus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• cavus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette