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Compluvium
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Com-plu′vi-um
,Noun.
[L.]
(Arch.)
A space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern.
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compluvium
compluvium
English
Noun
compluvium (plural compluvia)
- (architecture) A space left unroofed over the court of a dwelling in Ancient Rome, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern.
Latin
Etymology
From compluit (“it flows together, it rains upon”), from cum + pluit (“it rains”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /komˈplu.wi.um/
Noun
compluvium n (genitive compluviī); second declension
- a rectangular open space in the middle of a Roman house, which collected rain water falling on the surrounding roof and conducted it to a basin (impluvium) placed below.
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | compluvium | compluvia |
| genitive | compluviī | compluviōrum |
| dative | compluviō | compluviīs |
| accusative | compluvium | compluvia |
| ablative | compluviō | compluviīs |
| vocative | compluvium | compluvia |
Derived terms
- compluviātus
Related terms
References
- compluvium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- COMPLUVIUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “compluvium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- compluvium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- compluvium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin