English Explanatory Dictionary

compluvium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A space left unroofed over the court of a dwelling in Ancient Rome, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern.

Word forms

compluvium compluvia

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin compluvium.

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