cavea

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

căvĕa: ae, f. (
I gen. caveāï, Lucr. 4, 78) cavus. an excavated place, a hollow, cavity.
I In gen., Plin. 11, 2, 2, § 3.—Hence,
II Esp.
   A An enclosure for animals (cf. caulae), a stall, cage, den, coop, beehive, bird-cage, and the like, Lucr. 6, 198; 3, 684; Hor. A. P. 473; Mart. 9, 58, 10; 9, 89, 4; Suet. Calig. 27; id. Ner. 29 al.—Of a birdcage, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 67; id. Curc. 3, 1, 79; cf. id. Capt. 1, 2, 15; Cic. Div. 2, 35, 73; id. N. D. 2, 3, 7; Mart. 14, 77.—Of a beehive, Verg. G. 4, 58; Col. 9, 7, 4; 9, 15, 7; 9, 15, 9.— Hence,
   B An enclosure about a young tree, in order to protect it from injury, Col. 5, 6, 21; 5, 9, 11; Pall. Febr. 10, 5; a hedge before the windows of a cage, Col. 8, 8, 4.—
   C In the human body.
   1    The roof of the mouth, Prud. Cath. 2, 92.—
   2    The sockets of the eyes, Lact. Mort. Pers. 40, 5.—
   D The part of the theatre in which spectators sat, spectators' seats or benches, Plaut. Am. prol. 66; Cic. Lael. 7, 24; Lucr. 4, 78; Verg. A. 5, 340; 8, 636; on account of the ascending rows of benches, ima or prima, the seat of the nobility, media and summa or ultima, the seat of the lower classes, Cic. Sen. 14, 48; Suet. Aug. 44; id. Claud. 21; Sen. Tranq. 11: CAV. II., Inscr. Orell. 2539; cf. Dict. of Antiq.—
   2    Meton.
   a (Pars pro toto.) The theatre in gen., Plaut. Truc. 5, 1. 39; Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 38.—
   b The spectators, Stat. Th. 1, 423.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

căvĕa,¹¹ æ, f. (cavus),
1 cavité : Plin. 11, 3 || intérieur de la bouche : Prud. Cath. 3, 94 || orbite de l’œil : Ps. Lact. Mort. 40, 5
2 enceinte où sont renfermés des animaux : [cage pour les fauves] Hor. P. 473 ; Suet. Cal. 27, 3 ; [cage pour les oiseaux] Cic. Div. 2, 73 ; [ruche] Virg. G. 4, 58 || treillage dont on entoure un jeune arbre : Col. Rust. 5, 6, 21
3 partie du théâtre ou de l’amphithéâtre réservée aux spectateurs : qui clamores tota cavea ! Cic. Læl. 24, quelles clameurs sur tous les bancs ! servos de cavea exire jubebant Cic. Har. 26, ils mettaient les esclaves à la porte du théâtre ; cavea prima, ultima Cic. CM 48, le premier rang, le fond du théâtre || [fig.] le théâtre, les spectateurs : Sen. Tranq. 11, 8 ; Stat. Th. 1, 423.