vomitoria
- plural of vomitorium.
Example Sentences
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At once the vomitoria were thrown open, and all who could hastened to the portico outside where the restaurateurs had their quarters.
From Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ by Wallace, Lewis
At the top of each flight of steps were doors called vomitoria, which gave egress from the theatre, and communicated directly with the external stair-cases596.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John
Six inner doors, called vomitoria, opened on an equal number of stair-cases which ran down to the first præcinctio.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)
He sat at the end of a seat near one of the vomitoria or doors of entrance from the internal lobbies in the shell of the building.
From The Mother of St. Nicholas A Story of Duty and Peril by Balfour, Grant
Linneus asserts, that three of the flies, called musca vomitoria, will consume the body of a dead horse, as soon as a lion can; Syst.
From The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes by Darwin, Erasmus
