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
Liber X
Aulus Gellius
"...forte remisit, atque illum in praeceps prono rapit alveus amni..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."