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noun

alvĕārĭum

gen. alvĕārii · gender neuter · decl. 2nd
(in Col. four times , , ) [alveus], a hollow vessel swelling out in the middle.—Hence
A beehive •
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.—
A beehouse; apiary •
A beehouse, apiary: circum villam totam alvearium facere, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 12.—
A kneading-trough
A kneading-trough, Tert. adv. Val. 31.
Perseus ID: n2079 Key: alvearium