impluviumn.

/ɪmˈpl(j)uːvɪəm/

Etymology: < Latin impluvium, < impluĕre to rain into.

a. In ancient Roman houses, the square basin situated in the middle of the atrium or hall, which received the rainwater from the compluvium n. or open space in the roof. (But sometimes also used in the same sense as compluvium.)

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the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > constructed reservoir > cistern

cisternessea1325

cistern1382

spurgelc1450

sestern1534

vault1552

reservoir1728

impluvium1823

well-cistern1869

feed-tank1886

1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. (at cited word) The impulvium differs from the compluvium, according to Festus in this, that the rain falls down into the Impluvium, but collects from different parts of the roof into the Compluvium.

1832 W. Gell Pompeiana I. viii. 146 The atrium..with its impluvium near the centre, under which was a cistern.

1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii I. i. iii. 33 A square shallow reservoir for rain-water (classically termed impluvium).

1856 R. D. Blackmore Cradock Nowell (1881) vi. 21 Trouble overflowed the impluvium.

b. (See quot. 1811.)

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1811 R. Hooper Quincy's Lexicon-medicum (new ed.) Impluvium, the shower-bath. An embrocation.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	impluvium
释义	impluviumn. /ɪmˈpl(j)uːvɪəm/ Etymology: < Latin impluvium, < impluĕre to rain into. a. In ancient Roman houses, the square basin situated in the middle of the atrium or hall, which received the rainwater from the compluvium n. or open space in the roof. (But sometimes also used in the same sense as compluvium.) ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > constructed reservoir > cistern cisternessea1325 cistern1382 spurgelc1450 sestern1534 vault1552 reservoir1728 impluvium1823 well-cistern1869 feed-tank1886 1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. (at cited word) The impulvium differs from the compluvium, according to Festus in this, that the rain falls down into the Impluvium, but collects from different parts of the roof into the Compluvium. 1832 W. Gell Pompeiana I. viii. 146 The atrium..with its impluvium near the centre, under which was a cistern. 1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii I. i. iii. 33 A square shallow reservoir for rain-water (classically termed impluvium). 1856 R. D. Blackmore Cradock Nowell (1881) vi. 21 Trouble overflowed the impluvium. b. (See quot. 1811.) ΚΠ 1811 R. Hooper Quincy's Lexicon-medicum (new ed.) Impluvium, the shower-bath. An embrocation. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.1811
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