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displuviate

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[dis-ploo-vee-eyt] / dɪsˈplu viˌeɪt /

adjective

  1. (of the atrium of an ancient Roman house) having roofs sloping downward and outward from a central opening.

Etymology

Origin of displuviate

< Latin displuviātus, equivalent to dis- dis- 1 + pluvi ( a ) rain + -ātus -ate 1

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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

In the displuviate, there are beams which slope outwards, supporting the roof and throwing the rainwater off.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

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