hollow (v.) Copy link Outline 1. căvo, 12. excăvo, 1 (to h. out) • hollow (v.): 1. căvo, 1: the fall of a drop h.s the stone, stillicidi casus lapidem c., Lucr. 1, 314: to h. out ships from trees, naves arboribus c., Liv. 21, 26. 2. excăvo, 1 (to h. out): to h. out a scoop, trullam ex., Cic.: Plin.