tablinum
tablinum noun: an anteroom in a house of ancient Rome, opening out of the atrium opposite the main entry and often containing the family statues and archives.
Noun
tablinum (plural tablina)
- An anteroom in a house of ancient Rome, opening out of the atrium opposite the main entry and often containing the family statues and archives.
- (b) There was also a Pluteus (which we call Tablinum) a Place or Study, where the Pictures of their Ancestors, and their glorious Atchievements, were drawn or pourtray'd: On the other Side was the Kitchin, from whence they came into a Porch built about the Hall, or Cavedium, which, because `twas...1715, “Section II, Of Private Buildings”, in The history of many memorable things lost, which were in use among the ancients and an account of many excellent things found, now in use among the...
- To my surprise I was shown not into the bedchamber but into the tablinum, where my imperial lover was half hidden by a mountain of paperwork.2010, Kate Quinn, chapter 17, in Mistress of Rome, London: Headline Review, →ISBN, page 244
Forms of tablinum
| plural | tablina |
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Origin of tablinum
Borrowed from Latin tablīnum.
Questions about tablinum
- What does tablinum mean?
- Tablinum means an anteroom in a house of ancient Rome, opening out of the atrium opposite the main entry and often containing the family statues and archives.
- What part of speech is tablinum?
- Tablinum is a noun.
- What is the plural of tablinum?
- The plural of tablinum is tablina.
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