bisellium

American  

[bahy-sel-ee-uhm] / baɪˈsɛl i əm /

noun

PLURAL

bisellia

1. an ancient Roman seat of honor for two persons.

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Etymology

Origin of bisellium

< Latin, equivalent to bi- bi- ¹ + sell ( a ) seat (cognate with settle ² ) + -ium -ium

Example Sentences

A circular table of cedar wood, inlaid with ivory and brass, so that its value could not have fallen far short of ten thousand sesterces5, stood in the centre of the floor-cloth; with a bisellium, or double settle, wrought in bronze, and two beautiful chairs of the same material not much dissimilar in form to those now used.

From Project Gutenberg

Nevoleia Tyché, freedwoman of Julia, for herself and for Caius Munatius Faustus, knight and mayor of the suburb, to whom the decurions, with the consent of the people, had awarded the honor of the bisellium.

From Project Gutenberg