alvus

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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 (pʻor, “cavity, hollow; belly”).

Or from Proto-Italic *alwos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to nourish”) + *-wós.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈal.u̯us/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.vus/,

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

Descendants

Italian: alvo (literary)
⇒ New Latin: alvīnus
- → Catalan: alví (learned)
- → English: alvine
- → French: alvin (learned)
- → Italian: alvino (learned)
- → Portuguese: 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.

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