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A small beehive

  • 1 vasculum

    vascŭlum, i, n. dim. [2. vas], a small vessel.
    I.
    Lit.
    1.
    Cato, R. R. 111; Plaut. Aul. 2, 3, 3; id. Trin. 4, 2, 46; Quint. 1, 2, 28; 7, 10, 9; Juv. 9, 141.—
    2.
    A small beehive, Pall. Jun. 7, 8.—
    II.
    Transf.
    1.
    The seed-capsule of certain plants, Plin. 15, 28, 34, § 115; 18, 7, 10, § 52.—
    2.
    = membrum virile, Petr. 24 fin.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > vasculum

  • 2 alveus

        alveus ī, m    [alvus], a hollow, cavity, excavation: vitiosae ilicis, V.—Esp., of a river, a bed, channel: fluminis, V. — Meton., a trough, tray: fluitans, L.—Of a ship, a hold, hull: alvei navium, S.—A small ship, boat: accipit alveo Aeneam, V. —A bathroom, with a step at the bottom, which the bather could use as a seat: in balneum venit... ut in alveum descenderet.—A bathing-tub, bathtub: alveus impletur aquis, O.— A bee-hive, Tb.
    * * *
    cavity, hollow; tub; trough, bowl, tray; gameboard; beehive; canoe; hold (ship), ship, boat; channel, bed (river), trench

    Latin-English dictionary > alveus

  • 3 alveus

    alvĕus, i, m. (alveum, n., ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. naustibulum, p. 169 Müll.) [alvus], a hollow, a cavity.
    I.
    In gen.:

    vitiosae ilicis alveo,

    Verg. G. 2, 453.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    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. —
    B.
    The hold or hull of a ship:

    alveos navium,

    Sall. J. 18, 5:

    alvei navium quassati,

    Liv. 23, 34.—Hence (pars pro toto), a small ship, a boat, skiff:

    cavatus ex materiā alveus,

    Vell. 2, 107:

    accipit alveo Aeneam,

    Verg. A. 6, 412.—
    C.
    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.—
    D.
    = 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.—
    E.
    A bathing-tub: in balneum venit... ut in alveum descenderet, etc., Auct. ad Her. 4, 10; Cic. Cael. 28.—
    F.
    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > alveus

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