alveus

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.