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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *kalwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelh₁- or *ḱh₂l-. Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek κηλέω (kēléō), Old English holian (from Proto-Germanic *hōlōną), and Russian хвала́ (xvalá) (from Proto-Slavic *xvala).
Pronunciation
Verb
calvor (present infinitive calvī); third conjugation, deponent, no perfect or supine stem
- (Old Latin) to deceive
- (Old Latin) to intrigue against
Conjugation
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Descendants
References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “calvor”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 85
Further reading
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “calvor”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 85
- “calvor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- calvor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.