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compluvia

compluvia is the plural of compluvium.

Meaning of compluvium

Noun

compluvium (plural compluvia)

  1. A space left unroofed over the court of a dwelling in Ancient Rome, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern.
    • In the centre of the floor of the atrium a portion was sunk for the reception of rain water; this was termed the impluvium; and above it an opening of similar dimensions was left in the ceiling or roof, termed the compluvium.1881, William Audsley, Popular Dictionary of Architecture and the Allied Arts: Aquila to Baptisterium

Questions about compluvia

What is compluvia the plural of?
Compluvia is the plural of compluvium.

Words near compluvia in the dictionary

  1. complotype
  2. complotypes
  3. complt.
  4. Complute
  5. Complutensian
  6. compluvia
  7. compluvium
  8. comply
  9. complying
  10. complyingly
  11. compmag

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