I.to make hollow, to hollow out, excavate (class., but not in Cic.; “for in Leg. 2, 18, 45, dicato is the correct reading, B. and K.): stillicidi casus lapidem cavat,” Lucr. 1, 313; cf. Ov. M. 4, 525: “naves ex arboribus,” Liv. 21, 26, 9: “arbore lintres,” Verg. G. 1, 262: “buxum,” id. ib. 2, 450: “dentes cavantur tabe pituitae,” Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 70: “luna cavans cornua (in waning),” id. 8, 17, 23, § 63: “parmam galeamque gladio,” i. e. to pierce through, perforate, Ov. M. 12, 130: tegmina tuta cavant capitum, hollow out, poet. for round off, bend around, fabricate, Verg. A. 7, 632.—Hence, căvātus , a, um, P. a., hollowed, excavated, hollow: “alni,” Verg. G. 1, 136: “cortices,” id. ib. 2, 387: “rupes,” id. A. 3, 229: anfracta aurium, Varr. ap. Non. p. 193, 3: “oculi,” Lucr. 6, 1194 (with cava tempora): “vallis,” Varr. L. L. 5, § 20 Müll.: “torrens alibi aliter,” Liv. 44, 35, 17.—Comp.: “sinus cavatior,” Tert. adv. Herm. 29.
căvo , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. cavus,