calvaria

From Latin calvāria (“skull”). Doublet of calavera and calvary.

calvaria (plural calvariae or calvarias)

1. (anatomy) The dome or roof of the skull, the skullcap.
   • 2008 December 10, Charles K. F. Chan et al., “Endochondral ossification is required for haematopoietic stem-cell niche formation”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7228, →DOI:

     CD105 Thy1- progenitor populations derived from regions of the fetal mandible or calvaria that do not undergo endochondral ossification formed only bone without marrow in our assay.

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calvāria cerebrum oculus labium nāsus ōs mentum māxilla auris tempus collum
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From calvus (“bald”) +‎ -āria (noun-forming suffix).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kalˈu̯aː.ri.a/, [käɫ̪ˈu̯äːriä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kalˈva.ri.a/, [kälˈväːriä]

calvāria f (genitive calvāriae); first declension

1. a skull

   Synonyms: calva, testa, crānium

2. (capitalized) Calvary

First-declension noun.

• calvāriola

• “calvaria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• calvaria in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• calvaria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “calvaria”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 105