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|lshtext=<b>căvĕa</b>: ae, f. (<br /><b>I</b> gen. caveāï, Lucr. 4, 78) [[cavus]]. an [[excavated]] [[place]], a [[hollow]], [[cavity]].<br /><b>I</b> In gen., Plin. 11, 2, 2, § 3.—Hence,<br /><b>II</b> Esp.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> In the [[human]] [[body]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The [[roof]] of the [[mouth]], Prud. Cath. 2, 92.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The sockets of the eyes, Lact. Mort. Pers. 40, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Meton]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> (Pars pro toto.) The [[theatre]] in gen., Plaut. Truc. 5, 1. 39; Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 38.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> The spectators, Stat. Th. 1, 423.