LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

cavitās

cavitās f (genitive cavitātis)
Classical[ˈka.wɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈkaː.vi.tas]

Meaning

  1. Late Latina cavity

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecavitāscavitātēs
genitivecavitātiscavitātum
dativecavitātīcavitātibus
accusativecavitātemcavitātēs
ablativecavitātecavitātibus
vocativecavitāscavitātēs

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin cavitās From cavus (“hollow, excavated, concave”) + -tās (“-ity”, nominal suffix).

Elsewhere
  • Catalancavitat
  • Englishcavity
  • Frenchcavité
  • Italiancavità
  • Portuguesecavidade
  • Romaniancavitate
  • Spanishcavidad
  • Galiciancavidade
Proto-Brythonic
  • Welshceudod

In English words that came into English from cavitās

  • cavitycavitās
  • cavitarycavitās

Quick answers

What does cavitās mean in Latin?
cavitās, a noun, means “a cavity”.
What is the genitive of cavitās?
The genitive singular is cavitātis. cavitās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce cavitās?
In classical Latin, [ˈka.wɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkaː.vi.tas].