Materna alvus

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Latin Construction

matern|a alvus. fem.

  1. poet. ‘A motherly belly;’ a womb.

Loci

  • αʹ Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.125-126:
ūtqu(e) hŏmĭ|nīs spĕcĭ|ēm mā|tērnā | sūmĭt ĭn | ālvō
pērquĕ sŭ|ōs īn|tūs nŭmĕ|rōs cōm|pōnĭtŭr | īnfāns 		And just as the infant in its mother's womb takes on human form, and is put together from all its parts within
  • βʹ Manilius, Astronomica 3.194–5:
āt, c(um) ōb|dūctă nĭ|grīs nōx | ōrbēm | tēxĕrĭt | ālīs
sī quĭs ĕ|rīt quī | tūm mā|tērn(a) ēx|cēssĕrĭt | ālvō 		yet when dark night covers the world with its black wings, if there will be anyone who would then depart from his mother's womb
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