cavaedium
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Origin of cavaedium
< Latin, contraction of cavum aedium, literally, hollow of rooms (i.e. house); 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.
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CAVAEDIUM, in architecture, the Latin name for the central hall or court within a Roman house, of which five species are described by Vitruvius.
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Tuscan, cavaedium, 176; temples, 120 f.
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There are five different styles of cavaedium, termed according to their construction as follows: Tuscan, Corinthian, tetrastyle, displuviate, and testudinate.
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