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LNS

spēlaeum, spēlaeī

(spēlēum, spēlēī)

spelaeum, speleum

σπήλαιον

noun (n., 3^rd Greek declension)

a cave, cavern, den

Abbreviations

spēlaeum (spēlēum), i, n., = σπήλαιον, a cave, cavern, den (poet. and in postclass. prose; syn. antrum): in silvis, inter spelaea ferarum, * Verg. E. 10, 52; so, spelaea metuenda ferarum, Claud. B. Get. 354: emptum millibus (ab Abraham), Prud. Tetr. Vet. Test. 5: cum initiatur in spelaeo, Tert. Cor. Mil. fin.: HOC SPELEVM CONSTITVIT, Inscr. Grut. 34, 5; 34, 7; 34, 9.