peristylium

[ per-uh-stahy-lee-uhm, -stil-ee- ]

/ ˌpɛr əˈstaɪ li əm, -ˈstɪl i- /

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noun, plural per·i·sty·li·a

[per-uh-stahy-lee-uh, -stil-ee-uh]. /ˌpɛr əˈstaɪ li ə, -ˈstɪl i ə/.

a peristyle.

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Origin of peristylium

1665–75; <Latin peristȳlium<Greek peristȳ́lion, diminutive of perístȳlonperistyle

Words nearby peristylium

Peristéri, peristerite, peristole, peristome, peristyle, peristylium, peritectic, peritectomy, peritendineum, peritendinitis, perithecium

How to use peristylium in a sentence

The same plan of rooms was carried out also on the opposite side of the peristylium, as was shown by some excavations in 1869.
Old Rome|Robert Burn
The Agonothetai employed him to paint a wrestler or champion, to adorn the peristylium of the Gymnasia.
The Scrap Book. Volume 1, No. 2|Various
Opening out from the peristylium is the Lararium, or room of the household gods.
Rambles in Rome|S. Russell Forbes
Besides, he is there only while he is asleep; for the rest he has his atrium and his peristylium.
Roman Women|Alfred Brittain

Mamercus heard a rush down one of the passages leading to the peristylium.
A Friend of Caesar|William Stearns Davis