There is some difficulty in connecting the classical and the Late Latin words.

These are fifty-eight in number and extend from the earliest period down to Imperial and Late Latin.

In Late Latin there was a tendency to this spirant pronunciation which appears as early as the beginning of the 2nd century A.D.; by the 3rd century b and consonantal u are inextricably confused.

It was meant by them to show contempt, and came from the Italian word cavaliere, which means literally "a horseman," coming from the Late Latin word caballus, "a horse."

Late Latin slang for hirsuta, and always used of nasty places or nasty people; it shall not stay.