alveus
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;
nom. sg.
Examples
- A
Liber X
Aulus Gellius
"...forte remisit, atque illum in praeceps prono rapit alveus amni..." - P
Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...coercuit omnes. iam mare litus habet, plenos capit alveus amnes, flumina subsidunt collesque exire videntur; surgit humus, crescunt..." - P
Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...flumina currant limite, dum tenues capiat suus alveus undas.' adnuit Aegides 'utar,' que 'Acheloe, domoque consilioque tuo' respondit..." - P
Metamorphoses I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...coercuit omnes. iam mare litus habet, plenos capit alveus amnes, flumina subsidunt collesque exire videntur; surgit humus, crescunt..." - P
Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...loquor, increvit latis spatiosior undis, nec capit admissas alveus altus aquas. quid mecum, furiose, tibi? quid mutua differs..." - P
Liber V
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...quae morabantur, effudit. Sic velut abacto amne tenuis alveus insulam inter Germanosque continentium terrarum speciem fecerat. Transiere Rhenum..."