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Impluvium
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Im-plu′vi-um
,Noun.
[L., fr.
impluere
to rain into; pref. im-
in + pluere
to rain.] (Arch.)
In Roman dwellings, a cistern or tank, set in the atrium or peristyle to recieve the water from the roof, by means of the compluvium; generally made ornamental with flowers and works of art around its birm.
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impluvium
impluvium
English
Noun
impluvium (plural impluviums or impluvia)
- (architecture) A low basin in the center of a household atrium, into which rainwater flowed down from the roof through the compluvium.
References
Soprintendenza archeologica di Pompei
Latin
Etymology
From impluit (“it rains upon”), from in + pluit (“it rains”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /imˈplu.wi.um/
Noun
impluvium n (genitive impluviī); second declension
- a rectangular courtyard basin or pool into which rain water is collected by the compluvium above.
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | impluvium | impluvia |
| genitive | impluviī | impluviōrum |
| dative | impluviō | impluviīs |
| accusative | impluvium | impluvia |
| ablative | impluviō | impluviīs |
| vocative | impluvium | impluvia |
Derived terms
- impluviātus
Related terms
- compluvium
- impluit
Descendants
References
- impluvium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- impluvium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- IMPLUVIUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “impluvium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- impluvium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- impluvium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin