The corpus record — Latin
cauus
cauus
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Where it lives
- Dirae, Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 15.41/10k
- Culex, Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 3.83/10k
- Elegiae 6 · 2.37/10k
- Punica 11 · 1.44/10k
- Apologia 2 · 0.93/10k
- Elegiae 1 · 0.81/10k
In the wild
- cauis Silius Italicus, Punica 13.894
- cauo Silius Italicus, Punica 2.246
- caua Propertius, Elegiae 4.8.42
- cauis Silius Italicus, Punica 3.543
- caua Silius Italicus, Punica 2.548
- cauis Silius Italicus, Punica 8.447
6 of 22 attestations shown.
Where it came from
- Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. cavus (scan p. 115; entry #234). Root candidates: *kawo-, *kowo-, *kouio-.
- Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. cauus (scan p. 132; entry #1955).
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