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cavaedium

/kuh-vee-dee-uhm, kah-, key-/US // kəˈvi di əm, kɑ-, keɪ- //

石榴裙,石榴花,石榴石,石榴裙边

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural ca·vae·di·a [kuh-vee-dee-uh, kah-, key-]. /kəˈvi di ə, kɑ-, keɪ-/.

    • : atrium.

Examples

  • (Posticum) was the name given to the little door, leading from the back of the cavaedium or peristyle to the street.

  • The dining-room, as well as the study of the master of the house, were in the cavaedium.

  • This floor is remarkably slippery for a respectable cavaedium.

  • These are described by Vitruvius under the title of cavaedium.

  • I must now tell how this may be brought about, and first I will speak of the proper construction of a cavaedium.