alveus

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin alveus (“hollow trough-shaped vessel, trough, bath tub, hull, hold, ship, boat, channel or bed (of a river or trench), beehive”). First attested in the late 17th century in an earlier sense. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæl.vi.əs/ === Noun === alveus (plural alvei) (rare, now usually law) The bed or channel of a river, especially when the river is flowing in its natural or ordinary course; (also) the trough of the sea. (neuroanatomy) A thin layer of medullary nerve fibers on the ventricular surface of the hippocampus. === References === John Weale (1860), Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms Used in Architecture, Civil, Architecture, Naval, Building and Construction‎[1], page 12, column 2: “Alveus, in hydrography, the channel or belly of a river.” “alveus, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.; “alveus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “alveus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. === Anagrams === avulse, values == Latin == === Alternative forms === alveum === Etymology === From alvus (“the belly, paunch, bowels”) +‎ -eus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaɫ.we.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈal.ve.us] === Noun === alveus m (genitive alveī); second declension (in general) hollow, cavity (especially): hollow, deep vessel, basket, trough, tray; deep cavity, excavation trough for feeding pigs (derogatory, humorous) dish for food (nautical) hold, hull (metonymic) small ship, boat, skiff (board games) hollowed gaming board beehive Synonyms: alvus, alveārium, alvārium bathtub (construction) riverbed, river channel; canal ==== Inflection ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== alveārium alveātus alveolus ==== Related terms ==== alvārium alveolātus alvus ==== Descendants ==== === References === “alveus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “alveus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "alveus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)