hollow (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. căverna, căvernŭla2. căvum (gen. term)3. lăcūna (a depression of surface)4. alveus (poet.) • hollow (subs.): 1. căverna, căvernŭla: v. cavity. 2. căvum (gen. term): the secret h.s of the earth, occulta terrae c., Plin. 2, 79, 81: the h. of a fluting, striae c., Vitr.: comp. hole (I.). 3. lăcūna (a depression of surface): not to have h.s or projections (of a pavement), non habere l. neque exstantes tumulos, Vitr. 7, 1, 4: Varr. 4. alveus (poet.): the h. of a decayed ilex, vitiosae ilicis a., Virg. G. 2, 453. Phr.: the h. of the hand, cava manus (opp. to manus plana, the flat hand). Sen. Ep. 56, init.: Suet.; cava palma, Virg. Aen. 8, 69: vola is the natural h. of the palm, Plin. 11, 45, 105.