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dē-calvo

dē-calvo · v. a

to make bald, to remove the hair

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What it meant

dē-calvo — Lewis & Short

dē-calvo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (calvus],

I to make bald, to remove the hair (late Lat.): locum corporis, Veg. A. V. 2, 48, 3: Sampson a muliere decalvatus, shorn, Hier. adv. Jov. 1, 23: pueros David decalvavit, Vulg. 1 Par. 19, 4; 1 Cor. 11, 6.

Where it came from

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