Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A couch facing three sides of a rectangular table, used by the ancient Greeks, Etruscans, and Romans for reclining at meals.
- noun A room containing such a couch or couches; a dining room.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Among the Romans, the dining-room where guests were received, furnished with three couches, which occupied three sides of the dinner-table, the fourth side being left open for the free ingress and egress of servants.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A couch for reclining at meals, extending round three sides of a table, and usually in three parts.
- noun A dining room furnished with such a triple couch.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun historical A
couch for reclining at mealtimes, extending round three sides of a table, and usually in three parts. - noun historical A
dining room furnished with such a triple couch.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a dining room (especially a dining room containing a dining table with couches along three sides)
- noun a dining table with couches along three sides in ancient Rome
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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To the right of the triclinium is a very elegant chamber, and another, which you may call either a very large chamber (_cubiculum_), or moderate-sized eating-room (_cœnatio_), which commands a full prospect both of the sun and sea.
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Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei/Fotografica Foglia\ A bronze brazier Off the atrium, a nearly full complement of burnt-sienna and ocher walls was discovered in the triclinium , or dining room, of a country villa near Castellammare di Stabia; their frescoed panels portray Neptune carrying Amymone away on a galloping stallion, Dionysus and Ceres reclining on a seahorse skimming blue waters and a triumphal Dionysian procession led by a satyr.
The Gracious Art of Living Judy Fayard 2011
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She may even have been responsible for commissioning the unique design and decoration of the triclinium.66
Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010
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As we were quickly escorted through the frescoed rooms, we stopped in the triclinium – the dining room which had once seen so many famous faces smiling, laughing, even crying for mercy.
Q&A and Giveaway with Michelle Moran Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2009
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As we were quickly escorted through the frescoed rooms, we stopped in the triclinium – the dining room which had once seen so many famous faces smiling, laughing, even crying for mercy.
Archive 2009-09-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2009
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This villa has an atrium, a courtyard containing a pool, a triclinium with views of the Bay of Naples, a colonnaded courtyard, and a private bath complex.
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This villa has an atrium, a courtyard containing a pool, a triclinium with views of the Bay of Naples, a colonnaded courtyard, and a private bath complex.
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Using Vitruvius, panelists will discuss the domus and insula of ancient Rome, then move to a discussion of the triclinium and Roman dining customs based on Martial.
Archive 2005-09-01 2005
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Using Vitruvius, panelists will discuss the domus and insula of ancient Rome, then move to a discussion of the triclinium and Roman dining customs based on Martial.
ACTFL in Baltimore 2005
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Also included in the exhibition are unusual stucco decorations from the Villa Petraro, an estate with a working farm, and the triclinium, or dining room, from the nearby Villa Carmiano.
fbharjo commented on the word triclinium
with room to roman (roam in) ??
November 15, 2010
Gammerstang commented on the word triclinium
A Latin word essentially meaning “three couches,” a triclinium was a Roman dining room or dining table at which guests would not sit on individual seats or benches, but rather long couches, or chaises longues.
January 9, 2018