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LNS

calvāria, calvāriae

calva, calvus

noun (f., 1^st declension)

The skull
Calvary, the place where Jesus Christ was crucified

Abbreviations

calvāria, ae, f. calva, calvus. The skull of man, Cels. 8, 1; Vulg. 4 Reg. 9, 35: calvariae locus, id. Matt. 27, 33; of beasts: canis, Plin. 30, 6, 18, § 53: equae, asinae, Pall. 1, 35, 16.

— In eccl. Lat., Calvary, the place where Jesus Christ was crucified, Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 198.