Gravida alvus
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Latin Construction
- poet. ‘Pregnant womb.’
Constructions
Preposition constructions
- gravida in alvo — Ov. [αʹ], [βʹ]
Loci
- αʹ prep. Ovid, Amores 2.14:
| Sī Vĕnŭs | Āenē|ān grăvĭ|dā tĕmĕ|rāssĕt ĭn | ālvō, Cāesărĭ|būs tēl|lūs || ōrbă fŭ|tūră fŭ|īt. |
If Venus had been rash with Aeneas in her pregnant belly, the future would have been bereft of the Caesars. |
- βʹ prep. Ovid, Heroides 6.61-2:
| quōd tămĕn | ē nō|bīs grăvĭ|dā cē|lātŭr ĭn | ālvō, vīvăt ĕt | ēiūs|dēm || sīmŭs ŭt|ērquĕ pă|rēns! |
Though that which is ours may now be hidden from us in your pregnant belly, may it live well and each of us be its parent! |
