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Calvīna, ae, f., the name of a notorious woman of rank, Juv. 3, 133.

Calvīnus, i, m., a Roman cognomen; esp.,

  1. I. Cn. Domitius Calvinus, consul, A.U.C. 701, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 11 (13), 2; 2, 3, 6; id. Att. 4, 17, 3; id. Fam. 16, 12, 3 al.
  2. II. C. Sextius Calvinus, an eminent advocate, Cic. Brut. 34, 130; id. de Or. 2, 60, 246.

calvio, īre, v. calvor.

Calvĭsĭus, ii, m., the name of several Romans; esp.,

  1. I. C. Calvisius Sabinus, lieutenant of Cæsar, and afterwards prœtor in Africa, Caes. B. C. 3, 34 sq.; Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 26; cf. id. Fam. 12, 25, 1.
  2. II. Calvisius Sabinus, a very rich man, Sen. Ep. 27, 4; Tac. A. 13, 21; perh. the same with Calvisius, the accuser of Agrippina, Nero’s mother, Tac. A. 13, 19 sqq.
    Deriv.: Calvĭsĭ-ānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Calvisius, Dig. 38, 5, 3; 38, 5, 5.

calvĭtĭes, ēi, f. [calvus], baldness (a rare form for calvitium): prae calvitie, * Suet. Galb. 20; Petr. 108, 1.

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

  1. 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.
  2. II. Of places destitute of herbage, bareness, sterility, Col. 4, 29, 11.

calvor, 3, v. dep. a. (access. form cal-vo, ĕre, v. infra; calvio, Are, Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 720).

  1. I. To devise tricks, use artifice, attack one with artifice, to intrigue against, to deceive (except in Sallust, only ante-class. for the class. calumnior): SI. CALVITVR. PEDEMVE. STRVIT., Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Fest. s. v. struere, p. 313 Müll.; the same law is fragmentarily mentioned by Lucil. ap. Non. p. 7, 2, and Dig. 50, 16, 233.
  2. II. In gen., to deceive, delude: me calvitur suspitio, Pac. ap. Non. p. 7, 6 (Trag. Rel. v. 137 Rib.): calamitas arvas calvitur, Pac. ap. Non. p. 192, 32 (Trag. Rel. v. 396 Rib.); Plaut. Cas. 2, 2, 4: sed memet calvor, Att. ap. Non. p. 6, 33.
    Note: Pass. (cf. calumnior fin.): te vocis calvi similitudine, Pac. ap. Non. p. 6, 29; Sall. H. 3, 78 Dietsch, and Prisc. p. 883 P.