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|lshtext=<b>alvus</b>: i, f. (m., Att. ap. Prisc. p. 654 P.; 718 ib., and Non. 193, 26; Calv., Ael. Cin., and Laber. ap. [[Charis]]. p. 61 P.) [for aluus from alo: [[venter]] feminae ab alendo dicta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 8 Müll. and so Varr.; acc. to others kindr. [[with]] Sanscr. ulvam = [[uterus]], and this [[again]] [[connected]] [[with]] [[vulva]], [[volvo]]; [[ἐλύω]] [[εἰλύω]]>; Sanscr. val = to [[turn]]; O. H. Germ. wallen = to [[roll]],<br /><b>I</b> the [[belly]], the [[paunch]], the [[bowels]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[purgatio]] alvi, Cic. N. D. 3, 22: [[forsitan]] purgat alvum, Vulg. Jud. 3, 24; 3, 22; cf. Cic. N. D. 2, 50: solvere, Cels. 1, 3: exonerare, Plin. 10, 44, 61, § 126: inanire, id. 20, 3, 8, § 14 et saep.: non descendit [[alvus]], is costive, Cels. 2, 7: cui [[satis]] [[alvus]] reddit cotidie, id. 2, 12, n. 2: [[alvus]] cita, [[active]], id. 1, 6: alvum bonam facere, [[Cato]], R. R. 114: movere, id. ib. 115: citare, Col. 7, 9, 9: adstringere alvum, to [[make]] costive, Cels. 1, 3; so also: cohibere, comprimere, supprimere, firmare, sistere, inhibere, etc., to [[bind]], constipate, etc.—In <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>: ad eliciendas alvos, Plin. 19, 5, 26, § 2.—Hence, for [[excrement]]: [[alvus]] [[varia]], Cels. 2, 6: [[alvus]] liquida, nigra, pallida, [[pinguis]], id. ib.; and for [[flux]], [[diarrhœa]]: [[alvus]] [[corpus]] ac [[vires]] carpit, Col. 6, 7.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> The [[womb]]: in alvo gestare, Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 5; [[twice]] in Cic.: cum [[praegnans]] Dionysium alvo contineret, Cic. Div. 1, 20: [[spes]] in alvo commendata, id. Clu. 12; so Hor. C. 4, 6, 20; id. A. P. 340 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> The [[stomach]], the digestive organs, Cic. N. D. 2, 54; so id. ib. 2, 50; Ov. M. 6, 651.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> A [[beehive]] ([[very]] freq.): mediā alvo, quā introeant apes, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 15: alvi melle plenae, Plin. 21, 12, 43, § 73: si plenae alvi fuerint, id. 11, 15, 15, § 40: (apes) alvo se [[continent]], id. 11, 16, 15, § 43; Col. 9, 8, 1; 9, 14, 7; so id. 9, 15, 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> Of the [[basin]] of the [[molten]] [[sea]] in the Jewish [[temple]]: (boves) alvum maris circuibant, Vulg. 2 Par. 4, 3.
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