alvearium
From LSJ
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
alvĕārĭum: ii, n. (in Col. four times alveāre, is, n.) alveus, a hollow vessel swelling out in the middle.—Hence,
I A beehive: seu lento fuerint alvearia (four syl. per synaeresin) vimine texta, Verg. G. 4, 33; * Cic. Oecon. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 82 P.; Plin. 12, 20, 43, § 98.—
II A beehouse, apiary: circum villam totam alvearium facere, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 12.—
III A kneading-trough, Tert. adv. Val. 31.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
alvĕārium, ĭī, n., ruche d’abeilles : Pall. 7, 7, 8.
