peristylium
Americannoun
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peristylia
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of peristylium
1665–75; < Latin peristȳlium < Greek peristȳ́lion, diminutive of perístȳlon peristyle
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The boudoir was approached by three doors, one from the peristylium, one from Valeria's private sleeping chamber, one from the servants' quarters.
From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by William Stearns Davis
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 Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
Just as they did so, a howl of many voices proclaimed that the peristylium door had yielded.
From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by William Stearns Davis
Into the peristylium, where the angry young master was standing, rushed the old slave woman, Laïs.
From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by William Stearns Davis
When he was gone, for Cornelia the sun shone brighter, and the tinkling of the water in the fountain in the peristylium sounded sweeter than before.
From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by William Stearns Davis
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