I.a hollow, cavity, cave, cavern, grotto, hole: “caverna terrae,” Lucr. 6, 597; Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25; 2, 60, 151: silicum, rocky vaults (of the interior of Aetna), Luc. 6, 683, for which curvae cavernae, Verg. A. 3, 674: “imae,” Ov. M. 5, 502; 6, 698: “caecae,” id. ib. 5, 639; “15, 299: navium,” the holds of ships, Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 180 Orell. N. cr.: “puppis,” Luc. 9, 110: “aurium loco,” Plin. 11, 37, 50, § 137: “vasorum fictilium,” id. 12, 3, 7, § 16: “arboris,” clefts, Gell. 15, 16, 3 al.: “caeli,” the vault of heaven, Lucr. 4, 171; 6, 252; Cic. Arat. 253: “aetheriae,” Lucr. 4, 391; “aëris,” Manil. 1, 202; the excrementary canal of animals, Plin. 8, 55, 81, § 218; 28, 8, 27, § 106; 30, 15, 47, § 137; “hence, utraque (mulieris),” Aus. Epigr. 71, 7.
căverna , ae, f. cavus,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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