con-căvus | con-căva, ōrum (noun N) :
* Adj., hollow, concave; arched, vaulted; bent, curved: cymbala,Lucr. 2, 619; cf.: concava aera,Ov. M. 4, 30: loca terrae,Lucr. 5, 1255: altitudines speluncarum,Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 98: saxa,Verg. G. 4, 49: vallis,Ov. M. 8, 334: bracchia Cancri,id. ib. 10, 127; 15, 369: jugula,Cic. Fat. 5, 10: manus (opp. plana),Sen. Ep. 56, 1: dentes,Plin. 11, 37, 61, § 162: folia,id. 16, 24, 38, § 92: aqua,swelling,Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 20: puppis,id. F. 4, 276: vela,id. H. 6, 66: ulcus,Scrib. Comp. 238.
* Subst.: , , n., hollow places, hollows (postclass.), Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 47; Lact. 7, 26.

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