peristylium
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of peristylium
1665–75; < Latin peristȳlium < Greek peristȳ́lion, diminutive of perístȳlon peristyle
Example Sentences
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The eastern court was called the peristylium, from the rows of columns which surrounded it; the western also was bordered by porticos, but for it we have no distinct name.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 by Various
Besides, he is there only while he is asleep; for the rest he has his atrium and his peristylium.
From Roman Women by Brittain, Alfred
Armed with all these necessaries, he made his way back to the lararium without again crossing the peristylium where the soldiers were assembled.
From "Unto Caesar" by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
Agias with Fabia stood at the end of the atrium near the exit to the peristylium.
From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by Davis, William Stearns
The veteran, Falto, and Pausanias, who had come in, and who was brave enough, but nothing of a warrior, were the only defenders of the peristylium.
From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by Davis, William Stearns
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