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  • 1 antrum

        antrum ī, n, ἄντρον, a cave, cavern, grotto (poet.): gelida antra, V.: sylvestria, O.: Pierium, H.—Meton., a hollow: exesae arboris, V.: clausum (of a sedan), Iu.
    * * *
    cave; cavern; hollow place with overarching foliage; cavity, hollow; tomb

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  • 2 caverna

        caverna ae, f    [cavus], a hollow, cavity, cave, cavern, grotto, hole: terrae cavernae: curvae, rocky vaults, V.: caecae, O.: navium, holds.—Plur., reservoirs, Cu.
    * * *
    hollow/grotto/cavern/cave/crevice/hole; burrow/den; cavity (tooth); hold (ship); aperture; orifice (body); interior (Trojan horse); celestial sphere; "depths"

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  • 3 crypta

        crypta ae, f, κρύπτη, a vault, cavern, Iu.
    * * *
    crypt/underground room for rites; vault, grotto, covered gallery/passage/arcade

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  • 4 specus

        specus ūs, m or (poet.) n    [SPEC-], a natural cavity, cave, cavern, grot, den, chasm, channel, pit: ex opaco specu fons, L.: virgis densus, O.: horrendum, V.: quos agor in specūs? H.— An artificial cavity, excavation, ditch, canal, channel, pit: paucos specūs in extremo fundo, et eos, etc., ditches: subterraneos specūs aperire, pits, Ta.— A hollow, cavity: atri volneris, V.: Capacis alvi, Ph.
    * * *
    cave, abyss, chasm; hole, pit; hollow (of any kind); grotto

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  • 5 spēlaeum

        spēlaeum ī, n, σπήλαιον, a cave, cavern, den: inter spelaea ferarum, V.
    * * *
    cave, den

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  • 6 spēlunca

        spēlunca ae, f, σπήλυγξ, a cave, cavern, den: iam decimum annum in speluncā iacere: alta vastoque inmanis hiatu, V.
    * * *

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  • 7 cavamen

    cavern, hollow; hollowing out

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  • 8 cavatio

    hollow shape, cavity; cavern, hollow

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  • 9 colyx

    colycos/is N F
    cavern where natron (native sesquicarbonate of soda/alkali) is distilling/drips

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  • 10 specus

    cave, cavern, grotto, den.

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  • 11 antrum

    antrum, i, n., = antron, a cave, cavern, grotto (almost entirely confined to the poets).
    I.
    Lit.:

    succedere antro,

    Verg. E. 5, 19:

    subire antra,

    Ov. M. 1, 121:

    occulere se antro,

    Val. Fl. 8, 315:

    ingens,

    Verg. A. 6, 42:

    gratum,

    Hor. C. 1, 5, 3:

    gelida antra,

    Verg. G. 4, 509:

    silvestria,

    Ov. M. 13, 47:

    Dionaeo sub antro,

    Hor. C. 2, 1, 39:

    vos Caesarem Pierio recreatis antro,

    id. ib. 3, 4, 40:

    quibus antris audiar?

    id. ib. 3, 25, 4:

    harenosum Libyae Jovis antrum,

    Prop. 5, 1, 103:

    effossa antra,

    Mart. 13, 60; Stat. S. 4, 6; Sil. 6, 149 et saep.—In prose mostly in eccl. Lat., Vulg. Gen. 23, 20; ib. Jud. 6, 2; ib. 1 Reg. 13, 6; ib. Job, 37, 8;

    38, 40: per antra et cavas rupes,

    Suet. Tib. 43.—
    II.
    Fig., of the hollow of a tree:

    ekesae arboris antrum,

    Verg. G. 4, 44.—Of a sedan:

    clausum antrum,

    Juv. 4, 21.—Later, of any cavity:

    narium,

    Sid. Ep. 1, 2:

    palati,

    id. ib. 9, 13:

    pectoris,

    Prud. Psych. 6, 774.

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  • 12 cavamen

    căvāmen, ĭnis, n. [cavo].
    I.
    A hollowing out:

    temonis,

    Amm. 23, 4, 2.—
    II.
    A cavern, hollow, Sol. 9, § 9.

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  • 13 cavatio

    căvātĭo, ōnis, f. [cavo], a cavern, hollow, Varr. L. L. 5, §§ 19 and 123 Müll.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 700.

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  • 14 caverna

    căverna, ae, f. [cavus], a hollow, cavity, cave, cavern, grotto, hole:

    caverna terrae,

    Lucr. 6, 597; Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25; 2, 60, 151: silicum, rocky vaults (of the interior of Aetna), Luc. 6, 683, for which curvae cavernae, Verg. A. 3, 674:

    imae,

    Ov. M. 5, 502; 6, 698:

    caecae,

    id. ib. 5, 639;

    15, 299: navium,

    the holds of ships, Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 180 Orell. N. cr.:

    puppis,

    Luc. 9, 110:

    aurium loco,

    Plin. 11, 37, 50, § 137:

    vasorum fictilium,

    id. 12, 3, 7, § 16:

    arboris,

    clefts, Gell. 15, 16, 3 al.:

    caeli,

    the vault of heaven, Lucr. 4, 171; 6, 252; Cic. Arat. 253:

    aetheriae,

    Lucr. 4, 391;

    aëris,

    Manil. 1, 202; the excrementary canal of animals, Plin. 8, 55, 81, § 218; 28, 8, 27, § 106; 30, 15, 47, § 137;

    hence, utraque (mulieris),

    Aus. Epigr. 71, 7.

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  • 15 colyx

    cŏlyx, ycos, f., a cavern where natron is distilling, Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 113.

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  • 16 crypta

    crypta, ae, f., = kruptê, a concealed, subterrunean passage, a vault, cavern, cave, grotto, pit, Varr. ap. Non. p. 169, 11; Suet. Calig. 58; Juv. 5, 106 al.—As a place of deposit, Vitr. 6, 8.—
    II.
    Esp.: crypta Neapolitana, a dark grotto in the neighborhood of Naples, through which was a shorter passage to Puteoli, now Grotta di Napoli, Sen. Ep. 57, 1.

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  • 17 scopulus

    scŏpŭlus, i, m., = skopelos, a projecting point of rock; a rock, cliff, crag, esp. a rock, shelf, ledge in the sea.
    I.
    Lit. (mostly poet.; not in Cic., but v. infra, II.; cf.:

    rupes, cautes), in the sea: ut pars (remigum) ad scopulos allisa interficeretur,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 27 fin.; id. B. G. 3, 13; Poët. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 41, 166; Verg. G. 3, 261; id. A. 1, 145; 5, 270; Ov. M. 4, 524; 9, 592:

    frequentes,

    Juv. 13, 246:

    vomentes aequor,

    Luc. 6, 24:

    immanes,

    Ov. M. 14, 182; cf.

    of a promontory,

    Hor. C. 1, 3, 20; Ov. F. 4, 419:

    scopuli errantes, of the Symplegades,

    Val. Fl. 3, 621; 4, 681.—On land:

    scopuli rupesque cavae,

    Verg. G. 3, 253; id. A. 4, 445; 12, 531; Sil. 10, 263; Stat. Th. 7, 665; Val. Fl. 6, 632;

    of the cavern of Cacus,

    Verg. A. 8, 192:

    scopulus Mavortis, of the Areopagus,

    Ov. M. 6, 70:

    his inmobilior scopulis, of a man hard to move,

    id. ib. 13, 801:

    scopulis surdior,

    Hor. C. 3, 7, 21; cf.:

    ferrum et scopulos gestare in corde,

    Ov. M. 7, 33:

    natus es e scopulis,

    id. Tr. 3, 11, 3.—
    II.
    Trop., a rock, = a difficulty, danger, harm, evil, etc. (freq. in Cic.; also commended by him as a figure): cum neque Musarum scopulos quisquam superarat, Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 19, 76 (Ann. v. 223 Vahl.):

    qui te ad scopulum e tranquillo inferat,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 8:

    Syrtim patrimonii scopulum libentius dixerim,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 41, 163:

    nec tuas umquam rationes ad eos scopulos, appulisses, ad quos Sex. Titii afflictam navem et in quibus C. Deciani naufragium fortunarum videres,

    id. Rab. Perd. 9, 25; id. de Or. 2, 37, 154; id. Rosc. Am. 29, 79:

    in scopulos vitae incidere,

    id. Consol. Fragm. 2, p. 489 Orell.:

    (Piso et Gabinius) geminae voragines scopulique rei publicae,

    id. Pis. 18, 41; cf. Flor. 4, 9, 1:

    (Pompeius) Ille tremor Ponti et piratarum scopulus, Petr. poët. 123, 240: commeatum publicum in scopulos annonae impingere,

    Quint. Decl. 12, 22:

    cujus tribunal scopulus reorum dicebatur,

    Val. Max. 3, 7, 9:

    e scopulo cadere,

    to be ruined, Amm. 30, 5, 10.

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  • 18 Senta

    Senta, ae, f., a place in Dalmatia, noted for a curious cavern, Plin. 2, 45, 44, § 115.

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  • 19 specus

    spĕcus, ūs ( abl. plur. specibus, Sen. Cons. ap. Front. Aquaed. 125; on the various forms found only in the grammarians, v. Neue, Formenl. 1, 569 sq.), m. (f. and n. v. infra) [perh. root spec-; v. specio, and so orig. a hole, aperture; but cf. speos].
    I.
    Lit., a cave, cavern, grot, den; a cavity, chasm, natural or artificial; of the latter kind, a ditch, drain, canal, channel, covered water-course, a pit in mines, etc. (cf. spelunca).
    (α).
    Masc. (class. and freq.): inferum vastos specus, Enn. ap. Non. 222, 32 (Trag. v. 218 Vahl.):

    specus tenebricosus,

    Varr. ib. 222, 31:

    fons ex opaco specu,

    Liv. 1, 21; so abl. sing., id. 1, 56, 10; 10, 10, 1:

    forum medium ferme specu vasto collapsum dicitur,

    id. 7, 6; so sing., Ov. M. 3, 29; 7, 409; 11, 235; id. F. 4, 495; Liv. 10, 1, 5; Tac. A. 16, 1, 3; 16, 4, 59.— Plur.:

    quos agor in specus?

    Hor. C. 3, 25, 2: paucos specus in extremo fundo, et eos quidem subterraneos, * Cic. Att. 15, 26, 4; so of drains, ditches, Varr. R. R. 3, 17 fin.; Cat. 61, 28; Liv. 39, 13, 13; Tac. A. 12, 57; id. G. 16; Sen. Med. 741 al.—
    (β).
    Fem. (ante- and post-class.): concava specus, Enn. ap. Non. 222, 23 (Ann. v. 420 Vahl.); cf. Serv. Verg. A. 7, 568; Pac. ap. Non. 223, 2 Müll. (Trag. p. 91 Rib.); id. ap. Fest. p. 343 Müll. (l. l. p. 73 Rib.):

    specum quandam nactus remotam latebrosamque, in eam me penetro et recondo,

    Gell. 5, 14, 18; Sil. 6, 276.—
    (γ).
    Neutr. (anteclass. and poet.):

    hic specus horrendum,

    Verg. A. 7, 568;

    Serv. ad loc.: invisum caelo specus,

    Sil. 13, 425; Ps.-Quint. Decl. 10, 19.—
    (δ).
    Acc. to the second declension: speca apposita, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 713 P.: altis claudere specis, Att. ap. Non. 487, 25 (Fragm. Trag. v. 63 Rib.).—
    II.
    Transf., a hollow, cavity of any kind ( poet.):

    specus atri vulneris,

    Verg. A. 9, 700 Serv.:

    quos Capacis alvi mersit tartareo specu,

    Phaedr. 4, 6, 10;

    of a snake's belly,

    Sil. 6, 276; cf.

    of the belly of the Trojan horse, Petr. poët. 89, 2, 7.— In mal. part.,

    Auct. Priap. 83, 34.

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  • 20 spelaeum

    spēlaeum ( spēlēum), i, n., = spêlaion, a cave, cavern, den ( poet. and in postclass. prose; syn. antrum): in silvis, inter spelaea ferarum, * Verg. E. 10, 52; so,

    spelaea metuenda ferarum,

    Claud. B. Get. 354:

    emptum millibus (ab Abraham),

    Prud. Tetr. Vet. Test. 5: cum initiatur in spelaeo, Tert. Cor. Mil. fin.:

    HOC SPELEVM CONSTITVIT,

    Inscr. Grut. 34, 5; 34, 7; 34, 9.

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