alvus – Latin noun declension

Noun: alvus
Hyphenation:

Gender: Feminine Declension: Second

Nominative

Singular	alvus
Plural	alvī

Genitive

Singular	alvī
Plural	alvōrum

Dative

Singular	alvō
Plural	alvīs

Accusative

Singular	alvum
Plural	alvōs

Ablative

Singular	alvō
Plural	alvīs

Vocative

Singular	alve
Plural	alvī

Sample Sentences

alvī pūrgātiō
alvī melle plēnae
Mediā alvō, quā introeant apēs, faciunt forāmina parva dextra ac sinistra. ((please add an English translation of this quotation)) [234 BCE – 149 BCE, Cato the Elder, De agri cultura]

Nouns inflected like alvus

priāpismus, scāpus, servus, cuneolus, sargus, saccus, scarus, scinus, scopus, illēgitimus, sorbus, sophus, somnus, Hispānus, soccus, sirpus, siclus, icterus, cunīculus, xystus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlósder.
3. Proto-Italic *aulos?
4. Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.
5. Proto-Indo-European *-wósder.
6. Proto-Italic *alwos?
7. Latin alvus
8. There are two competing theories:
9. * From Proto-Italic *aulos with metathesis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlós, nominal form of *h₂ewlo- (“tube, hole, channel”). Cognate with Ancient Greek αὐλός (aulós), Lithuanian avilỹs. Same metathesis seen in parvus - παῦρος (paûros). For the semantics compare Old Armenian փոր (pʻor, “cavity, hollow; belly”).
10. * Or from Proto-Italic *alwos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to nourish”) + *-wós. See: Ancient Greek Nouns 'αὐλός'.

Verbs referencing "alvus"

English Nouns yawl, Romanian Nouns albină, Danish Nouns jolle, Swedish Nouns jolle, Italian Nouns alvo, Dutch Nouns jol, Ancient Greek Nouns αὐλός, German Nouns Jolle.