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English
Noun
valvae
- plural of valva
Latin
Noun
valvae
- inflection of valva:
- nominative/vocative plural
- genitive/dative singular
References
- “valvae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- valvae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to barricade a door (a city-gate): valvas (portam) obstruere
- “valvae”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers