Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Among the ancient Romans: A cage or den for wild beasts, etc.; literally, any cavity or hollow place.
- noun In general, the auditorium of a theater or amphitheater: so called from its concave form, and by analogy with the similar application by the Greeks of the word
κοιλον , a hollow.
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Examples
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To gain an idea of the whole layout of the building, and also because of practical reasons, we decided to start this year in the northeastern part of the structure, where the benches of the spectators were situated (the so-called cavea).
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The foremost rows were called cavea prima, of cavea; the last, cavea ultima, or summa; and the middle, cavea media.
The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 02: Augustus Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
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The foremost rows were called cavea prima, of cavea; the last, cavea ultima, or summa; and the middle, cavea media.] [Footnote 187: A.U.C. 726.] [Footnote 188: As in the case of Herod, Joseph.
De vita Caesarum Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
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He plays on the word "cavea," which meaning "a cage" for a bird, might also mean confinement for a prisoner.] [Footnote 5: _The Bakerians_) -- Ver.
The Captiva and the Mostellaria Titus Maccius Plautus 1847
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The excavations of the upper part of the Odeion's cavea seen from the north.
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This makes us think that maybe we have to deal here with a direct entry to the upper part of the cavea, as the space between the two walls is almost as wide as the other hall (2. 35m).
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We hoped, though, to find the foundations and maybe some original sitting places in the lower sector of the cavea.
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Along the northern side of Room 2, we also uncovered a small portion of the upper part of the cavea, but unfortunately only the concrete foundation structure is preserved; the seats have all been removed.
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In the mean time, we moved to the southeastern part of the cavea and started to dig just north of the entrance hall with its double corridor system uncovered in 2006.
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Our first interest was to expand the excavation in a northerly direction towards the cavea, the auditorium with seats.
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