alvĕus (noun M.n) : m. (alveum, n., ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. naustibulum, p. 169 Müll.) [alvus]
* A hollow, a cavity.
* In gen.: vitiosae ilicis alveo,Verg. G. 2, 453.
* Esp.
* A hollow, deep vessel, a basket, trough, tray; also, a deep cavity, excavation, Cato, R. R. 11, 5: in alveo,id. ib. 11, 81: fluitans alveus,Liv. 1, 4; Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 22: alveus scrobis,Col. 4, 4, 2 al.
* The channel or bed of a river: fluminis alveo,Verg. A. 7, 33; id. G. 1, 203: fluminis Ritu feruntur, nunc medio alveo Cum pace delabentis etc.,Hor. C. 3, 29, 34: nec quisquam citus aeque Tusco denatat alveo,id. ib. 3, 7, 28 Müll. (not elsewhere): pleno alveo fluere,Quint. 2, 1, 4: alveo navigabile perfodere angustias,i. e. a canal,Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 10: per crepidinem alvei,Vulg. Exod. 2, 5: reversae sunt aquae in alveum suum,ib. Jos. 4, 18 al.
* A hollowed gaming-board, Varr. ap. Non. 108, 33: alveus cum tesseris lusorius,Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 13; Suet. Claud. 33: alveo et calculis vacare,Val. Max. 8, 8, n. 2.
* = alvus and alvearium, a beehive (in Pliny, alvus (Jan), q. v. II. C.): gens universa totius alvei consumitur,Col. 9, 4, 3; so id. 9, 4, 1; 9, 9, 4; App. M. 4, p. 150, 37.
* A bathing-tub: in balneum venit ... ut in alveum descenderet, etc., Auct. ad Her. 4, 10; Cic. Cael. 28.

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