I.adj., hollow, concave; arched, vaulted; bent, curved: “cymbala,” Lucr. 2, 619; cf.: “concava aera,” Ov. M. 4, 30: “loca terrae,” Lucr. 5, 1255: “altitudines speluncarum,” Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 98: “saxa,” Verg. G. 4, 49: “vallis,” Ov. M. 8, 334: “bracchia Cancri,” id. ib. 10, 127; “15, 369: jugula,” Cic. Fat. 5, 10: “manus (opp. plana),” Sen. Ep. 56, 1: “dentes,” Plin. 11, 37, 61, § 162: “folia,” id. 16, 24, 38, § 92: “aqua,” swelling, Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 20: “puppis,” id. F. 4, 276: “vela,” id. H. 6, 66: “ulcus,” Scrib. Comp. 238.—
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