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
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quasi vinis Graecis Neptunus nobis suffudit mare, itaque alvom prodi speravit nobis salsis poculis; quid opust verbis..."Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...colunt, quom hasce herbas huius modi in suom alvom congerunt, formidulosas dictu, non essu modo. quas herbas pecudes..."FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...omne ius in viribus esset. Simulans sibi alvom purgari. Id bellum excitabat metus Pompei victoris Hiempsalem in regnum..."