alveus

Latin

alveus (plural alvei)

1. The channel of a river.

• 1860, John Weale, Rudimentary dictionary of terms used in architecture, civil, architecture, naval, building and construction: "Alveus, in hydrography, the channel or belly of a river".

• avulse, values

From alvus (“belly, hollow”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.we.us/, [ˈaɫ.we.ʊs]

alveus m (genitive alveī); second declension

1. a hollow, cavity
2. a deep vessel or cavity; excavation, hollow; basket, tray, trough
3. the hold or hull of a ship; a small ship or boat, skiff
4. a (hollowed) gaming board
5. a beehive
6. a bathing tub
7. the channel or bed of a river

Second declension.

• (beehive): alvārium, alveārium, alvus

• 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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)