Avida alvus

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Latin Construction

avid|a alv|us. fem.

  1. poet. A greedy belly.

Constructions

Preposition constructions

Loci

  • αʹ prep. Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.208–9:
vīscĕră|qu(e) ēt cār|nēs cūm|qu(e) ālbīs | ōssă mĕ|dūllīs
sēmiănĭ|mēsqu(e) ār|tūs ăvĭ|dām cōn|dēbăt ĭn | ālvūm 		He buried their entrails and their flesh, their white-marrowed bones, and their half-alive limbs in his eager belly.
  • βʹ prep. Ovid, Metamorphoses 15.103-106:
————— ————— —— pōst|quām nōn | ūtĭlĭs | āuctōr
vīctĭbŭs | īnvī|dīt, quīs|quīs fŭĭt | īllĕ lĕ|ōnūm*
cōrpŏrĕ|āsquĕ dă|pēs ăvĭ|dām dē|mērsĭt ĭn | ālvūm,
fēcĭt ĭ|tēr scĕlĕ|rī ——— ————— ————— ————— 		Afterwards, some good-for-nothing entrepreneur, whoever he was, began to despise this food; he filled his eager belly with the meaty feasts of lions, paving the way for sin.
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