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cavaedium

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[kuh-vee-dee-uhm, kah-, key-] / kəˈvi di əm, kɑ-, keɪ- /

noun

  • cavaedia
    plural
  1. atrium.


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Etymology

Origin of cavaedium

< Latin, contraction of cavum aedium, literally, hollow of rooms (i.e. house); see cave, edifice

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Leading the way, Coryna went on through the cavaedium, a larger Corinthian-columned court, in whose centre stood a splashing fountain, shooting its crystal stream towards the open sky.

From The Mother of St. Nicholas A Story of Duty and Peril by Grant Balfour

There are five different styles of cavaedium, termed according to their construction as follows: Tuscan, Corinthian, tetrastyle, displuviate, and testudinate.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

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