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Calvēna, ae, m. [calvus], a nickname of the bald-headed Matius, a friend of Cœsar, Cic. Att. 14, 5, 1; 14, 9, 3; 16, 11, 1 (so id. ib. 14, 2, 2, the name Madarus = μαδαρός, bald).

* calvĕo, ēre, v. n. [calvus], to be bald, Plin. 11, 37, 47, § 130.

calvesco, ĕre,

  1. I. v. inch. n. [calveo], to become bald (post-Aug.), Col. 6, 14, 7; Veg. 3, 4, 27; Plin. 10, 29, 41, § 78.
  2. II. Transf. to plants, to grow up thin or far apart, Col. 4, 33, 3.