alvus
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;
nom. sg.
Examples
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...horret strepitus. Illi ardua cervix argutumque caput, brevis alvus obesaque terga, luxuriatque toris animosum pectus..."Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...hispida nanti frons hominem praefert, in pristim desinit alvus, spumea semifero sub pectore murmurat unda. Tot lecti proceres..."Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...leni praecordia mulso prolueris melius. si dura morabitur alvus, mitulus et viles pellent obstantia conchae et lapathi brevis..."Liber XII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...statim intellectam, socordiane an Claudii vinolentia; simul soluta alvus subvenisse videbatur. igitur exterrita Agrippina et, quando ultima timebantur..."