Hypernym

• CAVITYA DEEP HOLE IN a SURFACE.
  • HOLEEMPTY SPACE in a SURFACE.
    • SPACEWhat ALL THINGS BE-IN:are-in.
      • BE INRELATION between a THING AND what that THING FILLS OR PART:partially FILLS....

Modern Chinese Criteria

• De differentiis ( DIFFERENTIAE I) p. no. 538

  538. Inter Specum et antrum. Specum Latini, Graeci antrum dicunt. Sunt autem loca ex quibus repercussae voces imaginem referunt.

• Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

  CAVE

  specus refers to a cavity with a perpendicular opening, leading up into a mountain, typically with a wide opening.

  scrobs refers to a temporary pit with an horizontal opening, leading down into the earth, and normally designed to be filled in again.

  caverna refers to a whole in the ground with a round opening.

  spelunca refers to a cavity with reference to its darkness and dreadfulness.

  antrum refers to a grotto as a beautiful object with reference to its romantic appearance and cooling temperature.

  spelaeum is a poetic word referring to the cave as the lurking-hole of a wild beasts.

  fovea refers to a pit meant to remain open or only covered in order to keep or catch wild beasts.

• Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

• SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse ( GIRARD 1769) p. 1.398.357

  ANTRE.CAVERNE.GROTTE

• Handbook of Greek Synonymes, from the French of M. Alex. Pillon, Librarian of the Bibliothèque Royale , at Paris, and one of the editors of the new edition of Plaché's Dictionnaire Grec-Français, edited, with notes, by the Rev. Thomas Kerchever Arnold, M.A. Rector of Lyndon, and late fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge ( PILLON 1850) p. no. 76

• 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 175