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Atrium


A′tri-um

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Atria
.
[L., the fore court of a Roman house.]
1.
(Arch.)
(a)
A square hall lighted from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.
(b)
An open court with a porch or gallery around three or more sides; especially at the entrance of a basilica or other church. The name was extended in the Middle Ages to the open churchyard or cemetery.
2.
(Anat.)
The main part of either auricle of the heart as distinct from the auricular appendix. Also, the whole articular portion of the heart.
3.
(Zool.)
A cavity in ascidians into which the intestine and generative ducts open, and which also receives the water from the gills. See
Ascidioidea
.

Definition 2024


Atrium

Atrium

See also: atrium and átrium

German

Atrium

Noun

Atrium n (genitive Atriums, plural Atrien)

  1. atrium (square hall)
  2. Atriumhaus (building)

Declension

atrium

atrium

See also: Atrium and átrium

English

A library atrium.

Noun

atrium (plural atria or atriums)

  1. (architecture) A central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings.
  2. (architecture) A square hall lit by daylight from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.
  3. (anatomy) A cavity, entrance, or passage.
    an atrium of the infundibula of the lungs
  4. (biology) Any enclosed sexine and nexine layers, widening toward the interior of the grain.
    • 1965, Janet Kircher Warter, Palynology of a Lignite of Lower Eocene (Wilcox) Age from Kemper County, page 52:
      Nexine 0.5μ thick, separating from the sexine about 5μ from the pore and forming a deep, well-defined atrium.

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Finnish

Noun

atrium

  1. atrium (central room in Roman homes)
  2. atrium (square hall lit from above)

Declension

Inflection of atrium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative atrium atriumit
genitive atriumin atriumien
partitive atriumia atriumeja
illative atriumiin atriumeihin
singular plural
nominative atrium atriumit
accusative nom. atrium atriumit
gen. atriumin
genitive atriumin atriumien
partitive atriumia atriumeja
inessive atriumissa atriumeissa
elative atriumista atriumeista
illative atriumiin atriumeihin
adessive atriumilla atriumeilla
ablative atriumilta atriumeilta
allative atriumille atriumeille
essive atriumina atriumeina
translative atriumiksi atriumeiksi
instructive atriumein
abessive atriumitta atriumeitta
comitative atriumeineen

Synonyms

  • (square hall): valopiha

French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin ātrium. Doublet of aître.

Noun

atrium m (plural atriums)

  1. atrium

Latin

Etymology

Related to āter, or from Etruscan.

Pronunciation

Noun

ātrium n (genitive ātriī); second declension

  1. a welcoming room in a Roman villa; reception hall
  2. a hall, court in a temple

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative ātrium ātria
genitive ātriī
ātrī1
ātriōrum
dative ātriō ātriīs
accusative ātrium ātria
ablative ātriō ātriīs
vocative ātrium ātria

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

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