calvitium

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

calvĭtĭum, ii, n. [calvus], baldness (class.; access. form calvĭtĭes).

I Lit.: in luctu capillum sibi evellere, quasi calvitio maeror levaretur, * Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 62; Plin. 11, 37, 47, § 131; Suet. Caes. 45; id. Dom. 18; Aus. Epigr. 72, 2; Tert. adv. Nat. 1, 10 fin.

II Of places destitute of herbage, bareness , sterility , Col. 4, 29, 11.

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