tablinum
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tablinum
1820–30; < Latin tab ( u ) līnum, equivalent to tabula ( see table) + -īnum, neuter of -īnus -ine 1
Example Sentences
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Open hall, corresponding in position with a tablinum.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)
Passing the tablinum or room of archives, they proceeded into the peristylium, a still larger transverse court or lawn with verdant shrubbery and a chaste towering fountain.
From The Mother of St. Nicholas A Story of Duty and Peril by Balfour, Grant
When a maid summoned me into her tablinum, I found her alone, seated in her favorite lounging chair, charmingly attired and, I thought, more lovely than I had ever seen her.
From Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire by White, Edward Lucas
Opposite you was another recess, the tablinum, opening probably into a little garden; here in the warm weather the family might take their meals.
From Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero by Fowler, W. Warde
A wooden staircase on the left of the tablinum, the first step being of stone, led to the floor above.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)
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