alvĕārĭum | alveāre, is (noun N.n) : n. (in Col. four times , , n.) [alveus], a hollow vessel swelling out in the middle.—Hence
* A beehive: seu lento fuerint alvearia (four syl. per synaeresin) vimine texta,Verg. G. 4, 33; * Cic. Oecon. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 82 P.; Plin. 12, 20, 43, § 98.
* A beehouse, apiary: circum villam totam alvearium facere,Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 12.
* A kneading-trough, Tert. adv. Val. 31.

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