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1 alvus
alvus, i, f. (m., Att. ap. Prisc. p. 654 P.; 718 ib., and Non. 193, 26; Calv., Ael. Cin., and Laber. ap. Charis. p. 61 P.) [for aluus from alo: venter feminae ab alendo dicta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 8 Müll. and so Varr.; acc. to others kindr. with Sanscr. ulvam = uterus, and this again connected with vulva, volvo; eluô eiluô; Sanscr. val = to turn; O. H. Germ. wallen = to roll], the belly, the paunch, the bowels.I.Lit.:II.purgatio alvi,
Cic. N. D. 3, 22:forsitan purgat alvum,
Vulg. Jud. 3, 24; 3, 22; cf. Cic. N. D. 2, 50:solvere,
Cels. 1, 3:exonerare,
Plin. 10, 44, 61, § 126:inanire,
id. 20, 3, 8, § 14 et saep.:non descendit alvus,
is costive, Cels. 2, 7:cui satis alvus reddit cotidie,
id. 2, 12, n. 2:alvus cita,
active, id. 1, 6:alvum bonam facere,
Cato, R. R. 114:movere,
id. ib. 115:citare,
Col. 7, 9, 9:adstringere alvum,
to make costive, Cels. 1, 3; so also: cohibere, comprimere, supprimere, firmare, sistere, inhibere, etc., to bind, constipate, etc.—In plur.:ad eliciendas alvos,
Plin. 19, 5, 26, § 2.—Hence, for excrement:alvus varia,
Cels. 2, 6:alvus liquida, nigra, pallida, pinguis,
id. ib.; and for flux, diarrhœa: alvus corpus ac vires carpit, Col. 6, 7.—Transf.A.The womb:B.in alvo gestare,
Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 5;twice in Cic.: cum praegnans Dionysium alvo contineret,
Cic. Div. 1, 20:spes in alvo commendata,
id. Clu. 12; so Hor. C. 4, 6, 20; id. A. P. 340 al.—The stomach, the digestive organs, Cic. N. D. 2, 54; so id. ib. 2, 50; Ov. M. 6, 651.—C.A beehive (very freq.):D.mediā alvo, quā introeant apes,
Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 15:alvi melle plenae,
Plin. 21, 12, 43, § 73:si plenae alvi fuerint,
id. 11, 15, 15, § 40:(apes) alvo se continent,
id. 11, 16, 15, § 43; Col. 9, 8, 1; 9, 14, 7; so id. 9, 15, 11.—Of the basin of the molten sea in the Jewish temple:(boves) alvum maris circuibant,
Vulg. 2 Par. 4, 3.
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