spelunca

spēlunca ae, f

, σπήλυγξ, a cave, cavern, den: iam decimum annum in speluncā iacere: alta vastoque inmanis hiatu, V.

Spelunca
SPELUNCA(Sperlonga), a place on the coast of Latium (in the more extended sense of that name), situa...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
spelunca
spēlunca, ae, f., = σπήλυγξ, gen. γγος. I A cave , cavern , den (class.; syn. specus): Philoctet...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.