English

Noun

triclinium ‎(plural tricliniums or triclinia)

1. (historical, Roman antiquity) A couch for reclining at mealtimes, extending round three sides of a table, and usually in three parts.
2. (historical, Roman antiquity) A dining room furnished with such a triple couch.

Latin

Tria triclīnia in triclīniō. (Three triclinia (couches) in a triclinium (dining room).)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τρικλίνιον ‎(triklínion), from τρεῖς ‎(treîs, “three”) + κλίνω ‎(klínō, “to lean”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /triˈkliː.ni.um/

Noun

triclīnium n ‎(genitive triclīniī); second declension

1. dining room, where three couches are laid out for dining around a small serving table.
2. a couch for reclining at meal, on which three people may recline.

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

• Italian: triclinio

Related terms

• triclīniarches
• triclīniāria
• triclīniāris

References

• triclinium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• triclinium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• TRICLINIUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “triclinium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• triclinium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• triclinium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin