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
- L
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..." - P
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..." - Q
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..." - P
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..."