alvus
Latin
Etymology
- From Proto-Italic *aulos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlós, nominal form of *h₂ewlo- (“tube, hole, channel”), with metathesis. Cognate with Ancient Greek αὐλός (aulós), Lithuanian avilỹs. Same metathesis seen in parvus - παῦρος (paûros). For the semantics compare Old Armenian փոր (pʿor, “cavity, hollow; belly”).
- Or from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to nourish”) + *-wós.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈal.u̯us/, [ˈäɫ̪u̯ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈal.vus/, [ˈälvus]
Noun
alvus f (genitive alvī); second declension
- belly, bowels, paunch; excrement; flux, diarrhoea
- stomach, digestive organs
- womb; matrix (of a fruit)
- womb
- hollow, cavity
- hold or hull of a ship or boat
- beehive
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | alvus | alvī |
| Genitive | alvī | alvōrum |
| Dative | alvō | alvīs |
| Accusative | alvum | alvōs |
| Ablative | alvō | alvīs |
| Vocative | alve | alvī |
Synonyms
- (beehive): alvārium, alveārium, alveus, apiārium, cavea, mellārium
- (hollow, cavity): alveus, cavea, cavum
- (hold or hull of a ship): alveus
Derived terms
- alvārium
- alvārius (New Latin)
- alveus
Related terms
- alveārium
- alveātus
- alveolātus
- alveolus
Descendants
- Italian: alvo (literary)
- ⇒ New Latin: alvīnus
- → Catalan: alví (learned)
- → English: alvine
- → French: alvin (learned)
- → Italian: alvino (learned)
References
- “alvus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “alvus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- alvus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- alvus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette