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* curvābĭlis, e, adj. [curvo], that may be bent, flexible: ulmus et fraxinus, Pall. Nov. 15, 2.

curvāmen, ĭnis, n. [curvo], a bending, bend, vaulting (not ante-Aug.; perh. first used by Ov.): patriae curvamina ripae, Ov. M. 9, 450; 2, 130; 3, 672: haec (villa) unum sinum molli curvamine amplectitur, Plin. Ep. 9, 7, 4: caeli, of the climate, Gell. 14, 1, 10.

curvātĭo, ōnis, f. [curvo], a bending (very rare), Col. 4, 12, 2.

curvātūra, ae, f. [curvo], a bending, rounding, bend (not ante-Aug.).

  1. I. Abstr., Vitr. 2, 8, 11; Plin. 2, 17, 14, § 72; 10, 19, 21, § 42 al.
  2. II. Concr., a vault: camerae, an arched ceiling, Vitr. 7, 3: rotae, i. e. the rim, Ov. M. 2, 108.