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Triclinium

noun
(pl. triclinia)
1.
A dining room (especially a dining room containing a dining table with couches along three sides).
2.
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


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