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‖ viriˈdarium Roman Antiq.
[L. viridārium plantation of trees, pleasure-garden, f. viridis virid a.]
A pleasure-garden or green court of an ancient Roman villa or palace.
a1700Evelyn Diary 10 Nov. 1644, We went to see Prince Ludovisio's villa where was formerly the Viridarium of the poet Sallust. 1832W. Gell Pompeiana I. viii. 168 A sort of court, probably planted with flowers, and sometimes called a viridarium. 1848Lytton Harold i. i, The wide space between the columns, which had once given ample vista from graceful awnings into tablinum and viridarium. 1891Farrar Darkn. & Dawn x, As Titus went across the viridarium, or chief green court of the Palace. |