alveus ī, m
alvus, a hollow, cavity, excavation: vitiosae ilicis, V.—Esp., of a river, a bed, channel: fluminis, V. — Meton., a trough, tray: fluitans, L.—Of a ship, a hold, hull: alvei navium, S.—A small ship, boat: accipit alveo Aeneam, V. —A bathroom, with a step at the bottom, which the bather could use as a seat: in balneum venit ... ut in alveum descenderet.—A bathing-tub, bathtub: alveus impletur aquis, O.—A bee-hive, Tb.