alveolatus

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [aɫ.we.ɔˈɫaː.tʊs]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [al.ve.oˈlaː.tus]^[1]

Forms

alveolātus (feminine alveolāta, neuter alveolātum); first/second-declension adjective^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin alveolus (“small hollow, trough”) + -ātus.^[2][1]

Earliest recorded meaning

Its source is Vitruvius, of a stylobate.^[3][4][5] Köbler dates Vitruvius c. 84–c. 25 BC.^[5]

Semantic evolution

It meant hollowed out like a little trough, channelled, the same as alveātus.^[2][3][4]

Timeline

• c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it.^[3][5]

Meanings

Adjective

1. Hollowed like a trough, channelled.^[2][3]

Related words

• alveolus
• alveus

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b c d Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
4. ^ a b Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
5. ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de