valley (much shut in), ravine, deep/narrow/enclosed valley, glen
Latin word, found 45 times in the texts on Socratos.
Caesar, De Bello Gallico 3.20.4: deinde equitatu suo pulso atque insequentibus nostris subito pedestres copias, quas in convalle in insidiis conlocaverant, ostenderunt. Hi nostros disiectos adorti proelium renovarunt.
Vergil, Georgics 2.488: Taygeta! O, qui me gelidis convallibus Haemi
Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.12.10: … et ille quidem adnuentibus ac uocantibus suis fauore multorum addito animo euadit: Romani Sabinique in media conualle duorum montium redintegrant proelium; sed res Romana erat superior.
All forms of convallis