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alveum

Dictionary entries

  • alveus, alvei:

    Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension

    Frequency:
    Frequent
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

    = cavity, hollow; tub; trough, bowl, tray; gameboard; beehive; canoe;; hold (ship), ship, boat; channel, bed (river), trench;

    Entry →
    acc. sg.
    gen. pl.
  • alveum, alvei:

    Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension

    Frequency:
    Inscription
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

    = bath, bath-tub;

    Entry →
    acc. sg.
    gen. pl.
    nom. sg.
    voc. sg.

Examples

  • L

    Liber XIX

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM

    "...Quid turpius 'amne silvisque ripa comantibus'? Vide ut 'alveum lyntribus arent versoque vado remittant hortos'. Quid? si quis..."
  • T

    Liber I

    Titus Livius (Livy)

    "...locis solitudines erant. Tenet fama cum fluitantem alveum, quo expositi erant pueri, tenuis in sicco aqua destituisset, lupam..."
  • G

    Liber VIII

    Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM

    "...caelum? Hic assiduae tempestates et crebra diluvia. Tiberis alveum excessit et demissioribus ripis alte superfunditur; quamquam fossa quam..."
  • G

    Panegyricus

    Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)

    "...tamen serviat. Post haec, si volet, Nilus amet alveum suum, et fluminis modum servet: nihil hoc ad urbem..."

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