What is the Latin word for bald-head?

The usual Latin words for “bald-head” are calvitium, calvus, Phaedrus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“bald-head” in Latin

calvitiumloss of hair, baldness; bareness, scantiness, sterility calvushairless, bald PhaedrusPhaedrus (an Athenian aristocrat, friend of Socrates); Phaedrus (a Latin fabulist)

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

bald-head

calvitium (not calrities).

He who has a bald head, calvus (by nature or age: opposed to comatus): pilis defectus (by age, Phaedrus, 5, 7, 2).

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What is the Latin word for bald-head?: The usual Latin words for “bald-head” are calvitium, calvus, Phaedrus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.