tablinum
Americannoun
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tablina
plural
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Etymology
Origin of tablinum
1820–30; < Latin tab ( u ) līnum, equivalent to tabula ( see table) + -īnum, neuter of -īnus -ine 1
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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 T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines
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 T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines
The fauces in the case of smaller atriums should be two thirds, and in the case of larger one half the width of the tablinum.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
To the left of the tablinum opened the library, where were found some volumes, unfortunately almost destroyed; and off to the right of the tablinum ran the fauces, a narrow corridor leading to the peristyle.
From The Wonders of Pompeii by Marc Monnier
Of the private apartments the first to be mentioned is the peristyle, which usually lay behind the atrium, and communicated with it both through the tablinum and by fauces.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines
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