concava

con-căvus, a, um, adj., hollow, concave; arched, vaulted; bent, curved:

cymbala,

Lucr. 2, 619; cf.:

concava aera,

Ov. M. 4, 30:

loca terrae,

Lucr. 5, 1255:

altitudines speluncarum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 98:

saxa,

Verg. G. 4, 49:

vallis,

Ov. M. 8, 334:

bracchia Cancri,

id. ib. 10, 127;

15, 369: jugula,

Cic. Fat. 5, 10:

manus (opp. plana),

Sen. Ep. 56, 1:

dentes,

Plin. 11, 37, 61, § 162:

folia,

id. 16, 24, 38, § 92:

aqua,

swelling, Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 20:

puppis,

id. F. 4, 276:

vela,

id. H. 6, 66:

ulcus,

Scrib. Comp. 238.—

II.

Subst.: con-căva, ōrum, n., hollow places, hollows (postclass.), Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 47; Lact. 7, 26.