hollow (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. căvus2. căvātus (that has been hollowed out)3. concăvus (concave, hollowed inwards)4. exēsus (eaten out, as the trunk of a tree)II. Of sounds, deep, low, as if issuing from a cavernIII. Fig.1. vānus (empty, unsubstantial)2. tŭmĭdus (puffed out and making an empty show3. fūcātus (counterfeit, insincere) • hollow (adj.): I. Lit.: 1. căvus: a h. shell, c. concha, Virg.: h. trunks, c. trunci, Hor.: to be good for h. teeth, cavis dentium prodesse, Plin. 30, 3, 8. 2. căvātus (that has been hollowed out): 'neath some h. rock, sub rupe c., Virg. Aen. 3, 229: h. eyes, c. oculi, Lucr. 6, 1192: h. teeth, c. dentes, Col. 6, 29. 3. concăvus (concave, hollowed inwards): h. rocks, c. saxa, Virg. G. 4, 49: Cic. 4. exēsus (eaten out, as the trunk of a tree): a cave in a h. tree, exesae arboris antrum, Virg. G. 4, 44: h. teeth, ex. dentes, Plin. 30, 3, 8: Cels. II. Of sounds, deep, low, as if issuing from a cavern: *(sonitus) qualis ex cavernis exiens; murmuri similis: cf. Plin. 2, 80, 82. III. Fig.: vain, unreal: 1. vānus (empty, unsubstantial): Hor.: Sen. 2. tŭmĭdus (puffed out and making an empty show: not so in Cic.): a h., unsubstantial, fickle thing (popularity), res t., vana, ventosa, Sen. Ep. 84, 11. 3. fūcātus (counterfeit, insincere): Join: fucatus et simulatus (opp. to sincerus atque verus), Cic. Am. 25, 95. (Fucosus = showy, and so more or less insincere: cf. Cic. Att. 1, 18, 1.)
hollow (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. căverna, căvernŭla2. căvum (gen. term)3. lăcūna (a depression of surface)4. alveus (poet.) • hollow (subs.): 1. căverna, căvernŭla: v. cavity. 2. căvum (gen. term): the secret h.s of the earth, occulta terrae c., Plin. 2, 79, 81: the h. of a fluting, striae c., Vitr.: comp. hole (I.). 3. lăcūna (a depression of surface): not to have h.s or projections (of a pavement), non habere l. neque exstantes tumulos, Vitr. 7, 1, 4: Varr. 4. alveus (poet.): the h. of a decayed ilex, vitiosae ilicis a., Virg. G. 2, 453. Phr.: the h. of the hand, cava manus (opp. to manus plana, the flat hand). Sen. Ep. 56, init.: Suet.; cava palma, Virg. Aen. 8, 69: vola is the natural h. of the palm, Plin. 11, 45, 105.
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.
HOLLOW Copy link • HOLLOW 1. adj., cavus (both “hollow” and “hollowed out”): concavus (concave; opposed to gibbus). Hollow teeth, dentes concavi (naturally; e.g., the tusks of a boar; opposed to dentes solidi); dentes exesi (decayed; opposed to integri): hollow eyes, lumina cava (†); oculi concavi: hollow cheeks, genae concavae (†). Of sound, obtusus (opposed to clarus): fuscus (opposed to candidus; also, of voice). False, unreal, falsus: fictus: simulatus: fallax: fucatus: fucosus (opposed to sincerus, probus; e.g., friendship). 2. s. cavum (general term): recessus cavus (hollow recess; deep hollow; e.g., of the situation of the chameleon’s eyes, Plin.): strix: canalis (fluted hollow on a pillar, etc.). A little hollow, cavernula (Plin.). The hollow of the hand, vola (the natural hollow; also of the foot); manus cava or concava (as made; opposed to manus plana; e.g., in “to scoop up water in the hollow of one’s hand”): the hollow of a tree, exesae arboris truncus. 3. v. cavare: excavare: exedere (to eat away; of time making a tree hollow, etc.).