scavati

Scavati is the masculine plural past participle of the Italian verb scavare, used as an adjective meaning “dug” or “excavated.” It agrees with masculine plural nouns, as in pozzi scavati or gallerie scavate. The feminine plural form is scavate, and the singular forms are scavato (masculine) and scavata (feminine).

Etymology and related forms: scavati derives from scavare plus the participial suffix -ato. Related Italian terms include scavo (an excavation), scavare (to dig), and scavata/scavate forms used to describe features that have been dug or excavated.

Usage: scavati is commonly employed in archaeology, geology, and civil engineering to describe features that have been artificially excavated or formed by digging. It appears in descriptions of sites, structures, or geological layers where openings, tunnels, or pits have been created or exposed by human activity or natural processes. Examples include fori scavati (dug holes), pozzi scavati (dug wells), and gallerie scavate (excavated tunnels).

Notes: In Italian, scavati functions as a descriptive adjective rather than a stand-alone noun. The English equivalents are “dug” or “excavated.” While scavati can appear in technical texts and field reports, it is not typically used as a proper noun or standalone term outside descriptive contexts.