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 (pʻor, “cavity, hollow; belly”). Or from Proto-Italic *alwos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to nourish”) + *-wós. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaɫ.wʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈal.vus] === Noun === alvus f (genitive alvī); second declension belly, bowels, paunch; excrement; flux, diarrhoea stomach, digestive organs alvī pūrgātiō ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) womb; matrix (of a fruit) womb hollow, cavity hold or hull of a ship or boat beehive alvī melle plēnae ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== 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) ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *alvīna (or from alveus) (see there for further descendants) ⇒ 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, 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.