tablinum

American  

[ta-blahy-nuhm] / tæˈblaɪ nəm /

noun

plural

tablina

1. (in an ancient Roman house) a large, open room at the side of the peristyle farthest from the main entrance.

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Etymology

Origin of tablinum

1820–30; < Latin tab ( u ) līnum, equivalent to tabula ( table ) + -īnum, neuter of -īnus -ine ¹

Example Sentences

To the right of the tablinum is the fauces, and on each side of the atrium the alæ are seen, partly shut off, like the tablinum, by handsome draperies.

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

Through the tablinum the pillars of the peristyle and the fountain painted on the garden wall are seen.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)

On the right-hand wall of the tablinum is a picture of Bacchus discovering Ariadne.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)

He then began to talk on his favourite topic -- the religions of the world, while Beric drew Aemilia, who had been weeping since the scene between her parents, into the tablinum.

From Beric the Briton : a Story of the Roman Invasion by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)