cavo

cavō āvī, ātus, āre

cavus, to make hollow, hollow out, excavate : (scopuli) pars cavatur Fluctibus, O.: naves ex arboribus, L.: arbore lintres, V.: parmam gladio, i. e. to pierce through , O.: Tegmina tuta cavant capitum, hollow out , i. e. bend around , V.