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Triclinium

noun

(pl. triclinia)

A dining room (especially a dining room containing a dining table with couches along three sides).

A dining table with couches along three sides in ancient Rome.

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... has the word [Greek: triklinos]. The Latin form is triclinium, a couch which would accomodate three persons at table. The word is of Greek origin, and simply means a place which will allow three persons to recline upon it. As triclinia were placed in eating-rooms, such a room is sometimes called triclinium. It is sometimes incorrectly stated ...

— Plutarch's Lives Volume III. • Plutarch

Words linked to "Triclinium" : dining room, board, dining-room, dining table