triclinium

[ trahy-klin-ee-uhm ]

/ traɪˈklɪn i əm /

noun, plural tri·clin·i·a [trahy-klin-ee-uh]. /traɪˈklɪn i ə/. Roman History.

a couch extending along three sides of a table, for reclining on at meals.

a dining room, especially one containing such a couch.

Origin of triclinium

1640–50; <Latin trīclīnium<Greek triklī́nion, diminutive of tríklīnos having three couches (adj.), dining room so furnished (noun), equivalent to tri-tri- + klī́n(ē) couch (see clinic) + -ion diminutive suffix

Words nearby triclinium

tricksy, trick-track, tricky, triclad, triclinic, triclinium, triclosan, tricolette, tricolor, tricolor camera, tricolored heron

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Example sentences from the Web for triclinium

Wooden gates furnished a kind of fence between the atrium and what an old Pompeian would have styled the triclinium.
New Italian sketches|John Addington Symonds
All the women slaves were shut up in the triclinium together, and the door was carefully guarded.
Darkness and Dawn|Frederic W. Farrar
And, self-satisfied, he passed to the triclinium, where he sat down to supper with Eunice.
Quo Vadis|Henryk Sienkiewicz
Other rooms round the court were the triclinium, or dining room, and cubicula or bedchambers.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7|Various

There was also a cistern at the end of the portico, next the triclinium.
Museum of Antiquity|L. W. Yaggy

British Dictionary definitions for triclinium

triclinium

/ (traɪˈklɪnɪəm) /

noun plural -ia (-ɪə) (in ancient Rome)

an arrangement of three couches around a table for reclining upon while dining

a dining room, esp one containing such an arrangement of couches

Word Origin for triclinium

C17: from Latin, from Greek triklinion, from tri- + klinē a couch

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单词	triclinium
释义	triclinium [ trahy-klin-ee-uhm ] / traɪˈklɪn i əm / noun, plural tri·clin·i·a [trahy-klin-ee-uh]. /traɪˈklɪn i ə/. Roman History. a couch extending along three sides of a table, for reclining on at meals. a dining room, especially one containing such a couch. Origin of triclinium 1640–50; <Latin trīclīnium<Greek triklī́nion, diminutive of tríklīnos having three couches (adj.), dining room so furnished (noun), equivalent to tri-tri- + klī́n(ē) couch (see clinic) + -ion diminutive suffix Words nearby triclinium tricksy, trick-track, tricky, triclad, triclinic, triclinium, triclosan, tricolette, tricolor, tricolor camera, tricolored heron Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for triclinium Wooden gates furnished a kind of fence between the atrium and what an old Pompeian would have styled the triclinium. New Italian sketches\|John Addington Symonds All the women slaves were shut up in the triclinium together, and the door was carefully guarded. Darkness and Dawn\|Frederic W. Farrar And, self-satisfied, he passed to the triclinium, where he sat down to supper with Eunice. Quo Vadis\|Henryk Sienkiewicz Other rooms round the court were the triclinium, or dining room, and cubicula or bedchambers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7\|Various There was also a cistern at the end of the portico, next the triclinium. Museum of Antiquity\|L. W. Yaggy British Dictionary definitions for triclinium triclinium / (traɪˈklɪnɪəm) / noun plural -ia (-ɪə) (in ancient Rome) an arrangement of three couches around a table for reclining upon while dining a dining room, esp one containing such an arrangement of couches Word Origin for triclinium C17: from Latin, from Greek triklinion, from tri- + klinē a couch Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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