Crossword-Solution: IMPLUVIUM
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Impluvium | n. | In Roman dwellings, a cistern or tank, set in the atrium or peristyle to recieve the water from the roof, by means of the compluvium; generally made ornamental with flowers and works of art around its birm. |
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Sentences with IMPLUVIUM (5)
The sunshine entered through an aperture in the roof, and shone on the waters of the impluvium, the mosaic floor, the altar of the household gods and the flowers around the fountain.
The ceiling curved up towards the centre, where there was an opening through which the sunlight poured without hindrance, and the sky, ever so blue, seemed in hand-reach; the impluvium under the opening was guarded by bronzed rails; the gilded pillars supporting the roof at the edges of the opening shone like flame where the sun struck them, and their reflections beneath seemed to stretch to infinite depth.
The hall led into a further room, which was open in the centre to the sky, like the _impluvium_ of a Roman house.
Beyond the _impluvium_ there were two smaller rooms, in one of which there was a kind of raised stone platform.
After a while, seizing earth in his hands from the flower vases surrounding the impluvium, he made a dreadful vow to Erebus, Hecate, and his own household lares, that he would have vengeance.