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alvĕārĭum, ii, n. (in Col. four times alveāre, is, n.) [alveus], a hollow vessel swelling out in the middle.
Hence,

  1. 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.
  2. II. A beehouse, apiary: circum villam totam alvearium facere, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 12.
  3. III. A kneading-trough, Tert. adv. Val. 31.

* alvĕātus, a, um, adj. [aluta], hollowed out like a trough or tray: sulcus, Cato, R. R. 43, 1 Schneid.

* alvĕŏlātus, a, um, adj. [alveolus], hollowed out like a little tray, channelled: stylobata, Vitr. 3, 3.

alvĕŏlus, i, m. dim. [alveus], a small hollow or cavity.

  1. I. A tray, trough, basin: alveolus ligneus, Phaedr. 2, 5; * Liv. 28, 45; so Juv. 5, 88; Col. 8, 5, 13: intriverat panes in alveolo, * Vulg. Dan. 13, 32.
  2. II. (In Paul. ex Fest. p. 8 Müll., as neutr.: alveolum: tabula aleatoria.) A small gaming-board, upon which the dice were thrown (cf. alveus, C.), Varr. ap. Gell. 1, 20: alveolum poscere, * Cic. Fin. 5, 20.
  3. III. The small channel of a river, Curt. 6, 4.
  4. IV. And from its shape, a weaver’s shuttle (cf. Germ. Schiff), Hier. Ep. 130.

alvĕus, i, m. (alveum, n., ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. naustibulum, p. 169 Müll.) [alvus], a hollow, a cavity.

  1. I. In gen.: vitiosae ilicis alveo, Verg. G. 2, 453.
  2. II. Esp.
    1. A. A hollow, deep vessel, a basket, trough, tray; also, a deep cavity, excavation, Cato, R. R. 11, 5: in alveo, id. ib. 11, 81: fluitans alveus, Liv. 1, 4; Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 22: alveus scrobis, Col. 4, 4, 2 al.
    2. B. The hold or hull of a ship: alveos navium, Sall. J. 18, 5: alvei navium quassati, Liv. 23, 34.
      Hence (pars pro toto), a small ship, a boat, skiff: cavatus ex materiā alveus, Vell. 2, 107: accipit alveo Aeneam, Verg. A. 6, 412.
    3. C. A hollowed gaming-board, Varr. ap. Non. 108, 33: alveus cum tesseris lusorius, Plin. 37, 2, 6, § 13; Suet. Claud. 33: alveo et calculis vacare, Val. Max. 8, 8, n. 2.
    4. D. = alvus and alvearium, a beehive (in Pliny, alvus (Jan), q. v. II. C.): gens universa totius alvei consumitur, Col. 9, 4, 3; so id. 9, 4, 1; 9, 9, 4; App. M. 4, p. 150, 37.
    5. E. A bathing-tub: in balneum venit … ut in alveum descenderet, etc., Auct. ad Her. 4, 10; Cic. Cael. 28.
  3. F. The channel or bed of a river: fluminis alveo, Verg. A. 7, 33; id. G. 1, 203: fluminis Ritu feruntur, nunc medio alveo Cum pace delabentis etc., Hor. C. 3, 29, 34: nec quisquam citus aeque Tusco denatat alveo, id. ib. 3, 7, 28 Müll. (not elsewhere): pleno alveo fluere, Quint. 2, 1, 4: alveo navigabile perfodere angustias, i. e. a canal, Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 10: per crepidinem alvei, Vulg. Exod. 2, 5: reversae sunt aquae in alveum suum, ib. Jos. 4, 18 al.