alveare

Italian

Etymology

From Latin alveāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /al.veˈa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: al‧ve‧à‧re

Noun

alveare m (plural alveari)

  1. beehive
    Synonym: arnia

Further reading

  • alveare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • alveare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

Latin

Noun

alveāre n (genitive alveāris); third declension

  1. alternative form of alveārium
    • 4 CE – c. 70 CE, Columella, De Re Rustica 9.11.1:
      Sed nonnumquam idem necandus est, cum vetus alveare numero apium destituitur, atque infrequentia eius ali⟨o⟩ quo examine replenda est.
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Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem).

singular plural
nominative alveāre alveāria
genitive alveāris alveārium
dative alveārī alveāribus
accusative alveāre alveāria
ablative alveārī alveāribus
vocative alveāre alveāria

Noun

alveare

  1. ablative singular of alvear
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