Italian

Noun

caverna f ‎(plural caverne)

1. cave, cavern

Anagrams

• cavarne

Latin

Etymology

From cavus ‎(“hollow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kaˈwer.na/, /kaˈwɛr.na/

Noun

caverna f ‎(genitive cavernae); first declension

1. cave, cavern, grotto
   • 29-19 BC, Virgil, Aeneid, 8.420

     striduntque cauernis / stricturae Chalybum et fornacibus ignis anhelat

     Chalybian ores hiss in the caverns, and from the furnace mouths puffthe hot-panting fires

2. vault, chamber, cleft

Inflection

First declension.

Related terms

Descendants

References

• caverna in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• caverna in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “caverna”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin caverna.

Noun

caverna f (plural cavernas)

1. cave

Romanian

Noun

caverna f

1. definite singular nominative and accusative form of cavernă.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin caverna.^[1]

Noun

caverna f ‎(plural cavernas)

1. cavern

References

1. ↑ https://www.scribd.com/document/157203089/Diccionario-Critico-Etimologico-castellano-A-CA-Corominas-Joan-pdf