alveus
English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin
Noun
alveus (plural alvei)
References
- 1860, John Weale, Rudimentary dictionary of terms used in architecture, civil, architecture, naval, building and construction: "Alveus, in hydrography, the channel or belly of a river".
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From alvus (“belly, hollow”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈal.u̯e.us/, [ˈäɫ̪u̯eʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈal.ve.us/, [ˈälveus]
Noun
alveus m (genitive alveī); second declension
- a hollow vessel, in the shape of a trough
- a through for feeding pigs
- c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 24.67:
- Sed ad liēnem praecipua est, sī sūcus eius expressus in vīnō bibātur. Adeōque mīrābilem eius antipathīān contrā sōlum hoc viscerum faciunt, ut adfirment, sī ex eā alveīs factīs bibant suēs sine liēne invenīrī.
- But it is of special effect for the spleen, if its juice, squeezed out, is drunk in wine. So extraordinary do they make out its antipathy against this specific organ to be, that they affirm that if pigs drink from troughs made out of it, they'll be found without a spleen.
- Sed ad liēnem praecipua est, sī sūcus eius expressus in vīnō bibātur. Adeōque mīrābilem eius antipathīān contrā sōlum hoc viscerum faciunt, ut adfirment, sī ex eā alveīs factīs bibant suēs sine liēne invenīrī.
- (derogatory, humorous) a dish for food
- bathtub
- 56 BCE, Cicero, Pro Caelio 67:
- Praegestit animus iam vidēre prīmum lautōs iuvenēs mulieris beātae ac nōbilis familiārēs, deinde fortēs virōs ab imperātrīce in īnsidiīs atque in praesidiō balneārum collocātōs; ex quibus requīram, quem ad modum latuerint aut ubī, alveusne ille an equus Troiānus fuerit, quī tot invictōs virōs muliebre bellum gerentēs tulerit ac texerit.
- The soul is thrilled to now see, first, luxurious young men, acquaintances of a rich and well-known woman, and second, strong men posted by their commandress in the ambush and garrison of the baths; for which I'd ask, how did they hide and where, and whether that was a bathtub or a Trojan Horse, which carried and hid so many invincible men fighting a war for a woman.
- Praegestit animus iam vidēre prīmum lautōs iuvenēs mulieris beātae ac nōbilis familiārēs, deinde fortēs virōs ab imperātrīce in īnsidiīs atque in praesidiō balneārum collocātōs; ex quibus requīram, quem ad modum latuerint aut ubī, alveusne ille an equus Troiānus fuerit, quī tot invictōs virōs muliebre bellum gerentēs tulerit ac texerit.
- (nautical) hull
- c. 117 CE, Tacitus, Annales 14.29:
- Igitur Monam īnsulam, incolīs validam et receptāculum perfugārum, adgredī parat, navēsque fābricātur plānō alveō adversus breve et incertum.
- So he prepares to attack the island of Anglesey, considerable in population and a haven for deserters, and builds ships with a flat hull in view of the short and uncertain channel.
- Igitur Monam īnsulam, incolīs validam et receptāculum perfugārum, adgredī parat, navēsque fābricātur plānō alveō adversus breve et incertum.
- (metonymically) ship
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 6.411–414:
- Inde aliās animās, quae per iuga longa sedēbant,
dēturbat laxatque forōs; simul accipit alve̯ō
ingentem Aenēam. Gemuit sub pondere cumba
sūtilis et multam accēpit rīmōsa palūdem.- Then the other souls, sitting on the long thwarts,
he routs out and clears the gangways; at once he takes in the ship
the giant Aeneas. The seamy boat creaks
under the weight and, full of fissures, takes marshy water in.
- Then the other souls, sitting on the long thwarts,
- Inde aliās animās, quae per iuga longa sedēbant,
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | alveus | alveī |
Genitive | alveī | alveōrum |
Dative | alveō | alveīs |
Accusative | alveum | alveōs |
Ablative | alveō | alveīs |
Vocative | alvee | alveī |
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References
- “alveus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “alveus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- alveus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
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