(adjective) : calvus, a, um, cf. O. H. Germ. chalo; Germ. kahl
* Bald, without hair (whether by nature or by shaving or shearing; rare; not in Lucr., Cic., Hor., or Verg.): raso capite calvus,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 306: senex,Petr. 27; Suet. Calig. 27: moechus,id. Caes. 51; Phaedr. 2, 2, 9; 5, 3, 1; 5, 6, 1.
* Subst.: calva, ae, f., the scalp without hair, Liv. 23, 24, 12; Mart. 10, 83, 12; 12, 45, 12.
* Transf. to plants: vinea a vite calva,Cato, R. R. 33, 3 (cf. Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 196, s. v. calvatus): nuces,with smooth shells,Cato, R. R. 8, 2 (quoted in Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 90, where in MSS. the var. lect. galbas prob. arose from a false orthography of a later time; cf. the letter B fin.): calvae restes,Mart. 12, 32, 20.—Also
* Subst.: calva, ae, f., a nut with a smooth shell, Petr. 66, 4.

s. TLL