alvĕārĭum — Lewis and Short Latin Dictionary

alvĕārĭum, ii, n. (in Col. four times alveāre, is, n.) [alveus], a hollow vessel swelling out in the middle.—Hence, A beehive: seu lento fuerint alvearia (four syl. per synaeresin) vimine texta, Verg. G. 4, 33; * Cic. Oecon. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 82 P.; Plin. 12, 20, 43, § 98.— A beehouse, apiary: circum villam totam alvearium facere, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 12.— A kneading-trough, Tert. adv. Val. 31.

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alvĕārĭum

Headword (normalized):

alvĕārĭum

Headword (normalized/stripped):

alvearium

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2079

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lat.ls.perseus-eng2-n2079

Key:

alvearium

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