noun

căvĕa

gen. căveae · gender feminine · decl. 1st

an excavated place; a hollow; cavity

gen. caveāï, Lucr. 4, 78) [cavus]. an excavated place, a hollow, cavity.

In gen., Plin. 11, 2, 2, § 3.—Hence,

especially

An enclosure for animals; a stall; cage

An enclosure for animals (cf. caulae), a stall, cage, den, coop, beehive, bird-cage, and the like, Lucr. 6, 198; 3, 684; Hor. A. P. 473; Mart. 9, 58, 10; 9, 89, 4; Suet. Calig. 27; id. Ner. 29 al.—Of a birdcage, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 67; id. Curc. 3, 1, 79; cf. id. Capt. 1, 2, 15; Cic. Div. 2, 35, 73; id. N. D. 2, 3, 7; Mart. 14, 77.—Of a beehive, Verg. G. 4, 58; Col. 9, 7, 4; 9, 15, 7; 9, 15, 9.— Hence,

An enclosure about a young tree; in order to protect it from injury; a hedge before the windows of a cage

An enclosure about a young tree, in order to protect it from injury, Col. 5, 6, 21; 5, 9, 11; Pall. Febr. 10, 5; a hedge before the windows of a cage, Col. 8, 8, 4.—

In the human body.

The roof of the mouth

The roof of the mouth, Prud. Cath. 2, 92.—

The sockets of the eyes

The sockets of the eyes, Lact. Mort. Pers. 40, 5.—

The part of the theatre in which spectators sat; spectators; seats •

The part of the theatre in which spectators sat, spectators' seats or benches, Plaut. Am. prol. 66; Cic. Lael. 7, 24; Lucr. 4, 78; Verg. A. 5, 340; 8, 636; on account of the ascending rows of benches, ima or prima, the seat of the nobility, media and summa or ultima, the seat of the lower classes, Cic. Sen. 14, 48; Suet. Aug. 44; id. Claud. 21; Sen. Tranq. 11: CAV. II., Inscr. Orell. 2539; cf. Dict. of Antiq.—

by metonymy

The theatre

(Pars pro toto.) The theatre in gen., Plaut. Truc. 5, 1. 39; Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 38.—

The spectators

The spectators, Stat. Th. 1, 423.

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