alvus, i, f. (m., Att. ap. Prisc. p. 654 P.; 718 ib., and Non. 193, 26; Calv., Ael. Cin., and Laber. ap. Charis. p. 61 P.) [for aluus from alo: venter feminae ab alendo dicta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 8 Müll. and so Varr.; acc. to others kindr. with Sanscr. ulvam = uterus, and this again connected with vulva, volvo; e)lu/w ei)lu/w; Sanscr. val = to turn; O. H. Germ. wallen = to roll], the belly, the paunch, the bowels.I.Lit.: purgatio alvi, Cic. N. D. 3, 22: forsitan purgat alvum, Vulg. Jud. 3, 24; 3, 22; cf. Cic. N. D. 2, 50: solvere, Cels. 1, 3: exonerare, Plin. 10, 44, 61, 126: inanire, id. 20, 3, 8, 14 et saep.: non descendit alvus,
is costive
, Cels. 2, 7: cui satis alvus reddit cotidie, id. 2, 12, n. 2: alvus cita,