curvamen

curvāmen, ĭnis, n. [curvo],

• a bending, bend, vaulting (not ante-Aug.; perh. first used by Ov.): patriae curvamina ripae, Ov. M. 9, 450; 2, 130; 3, 672: haec (villa) unum sinum molli curvamine amplectitur, Plin. Ep. 9, 7, 4: caeli, of the climate, Gell. 14, 1, 10.

curvāmen, minis, n. (curvo), die Krümmung, Wölbung, Ov. met. 2, 130 u. ö. Plin. ep. 9, 7, 4. Sil. 13, 29. Amm. 20, 3, 8. Mythogr. Lat. 3, 1, 6: sub alio atque alio caeli curvamine, unter den verschiedenen Himmelsgegenden, Gell. 14, 1, 10.

curvamen [CL] , curve, bulge. b crook (of pastoral staff). a1000 sanctum triplo curvamine panem (Vers.) Mem. Dunst. 377; curvamen veli dimittite D. Bec. explicit p. 92.  b 14‥ (v. baculus 10a).

curvāmĕn, (15) ĭnis, n. (curvo), courbure : Plin. Min. Ep. 9, 7, 4 ; Ov. M. 2, 130 ; curvamen cæli Gell. 14, 1, 10, voûte du ciel [fig. = climat].

curvamen , inis. n. et, v. curvatura
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(curvāmen inis), n

• curvo, a bending, bend, vaulting(only ablsing., nom. and accplur.): patriae curvamina ripae, O.