alveum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →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;
acc. sg.gen. pl. - Entry →alveum, alvei:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Inscription
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bath, bath-tub;
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
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..."Liber I
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...locis solitudines erant. Tenet fama cum fluitantem alveum, quo expositi erant pueri, tenuis in sicco aqua destituisset, lupam..."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..."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..."
