triclinium
noun
a couch extending along three sides of a table, for reclining on at meals.
triclinia
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pluralof triclinium.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The triclinia were open at one end, i.e. not shut up as our dining-rooms are, and the air would not get close and "dinnery."
From Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero by W. Warde Fowler
As triclinia were placed in eating-rooms, such a room is sometimes called triclinium.
From Plutarch's Lives Volume III. by Aubrey Stewart
And she had twelve triclinia laid; and invited Antony to a banquet, and desired him to bring with him whatever companions he pleased.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
With the museums of Naples before us, we can reconstruct all the triclinia of Pompeii at a glance.
From The Wonders of Pompeii by Marc Monnier
The Parasites, when there was not room for them on the "triclinia," or "couches" at table, were forced to sit on "subsellia," or "benches," at the bottom of the table.
From The Captiva and the Mostellaria by Henry T. (Henry Thomas) Riley
