alveus Latin · revision 6334

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la alvus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈaɫ.we.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈal.ve.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''alveus''' ''m'' (genitive alveī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[alvus]] “belly, cavity” with the suffix [[-eus]].^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first citation is Plautus, of a beehive.^(OLD 2012) Köbler's first source is Cato.^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a hollow, as Virgil's hollow of an oak, a trough, as in Cato and Livy, and a bathtub.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It meant the hull of a ship, a boat, as in Livy, the bed or channel of a river, as in Virgil, a trench for vines, a beehive, and a gaming board.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant the channel or bed of a river.^(Stelten 1995) In Medieval Latin it meant a trough, tub or basin for brewing, fulling or cooling.^(DMLBS) It survives in French ''auge'' “trough”, Italian ''albio'' and Romanian ''albie''.^(Wiktionary) [[en|alveus]] is a borrowing.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of a beehive.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of a trough.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of a hollow and a riverbed.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A hollow, cavity.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # A [[m|en|trough]]; a bathtub.^(OLD 2012)

+ # The hull of a ship; a boat.^(OLD 2012)

+ # The bed, channel (of a river).^(OLD 2012)

+ # A beehive; a gaming board.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[alveārium]]

+ * [[alveātus]]

+ * [[alveolus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[alvārium]]

+ * [[alveolātus]]

+ * [[alvus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}