alvom
Dictionary entries
- Entry →alvus, alvi:
Common · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Bio/medical
belly/paunch/stomach; womb; bowel; bowel movement; hull (ship); beehive; cavity;
acc. sg.
Examples
- T
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quasi vinis Graecis Neptunus nobis suffudit mare, itaque alvom prodi speravit nobis salsis poculis; quid opust verbis..." - T
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...colunt, quom hasce herbas huius modi in suom alvom congerunt, formidulosas dictu, non essu modo. quas herbas pecudes..." - G
FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...omne ius in viribus esset. Simulans sibi alvom purgari. Id bellum excitabat metus Pompei victoris Hiempsalem in regnum..."