cavaedium
[ kuh-vee-dee-uhm, kah-, key- ]
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How to use cavaedium in a sentence
(Posticum) was the name given to the little door, leading from the back of the cavaedium or peristyle to the street.
Quintus Claudius, Volume 1 of 2 | Ernst EcksteinThe dining-room, as well as the study of the master of the house, were in the cavaedium.
Quintus Claudius, Volume 1 of 2 | Ernst EcksteinThis floor is remarkably slippery for a respectable cavaedium.
Quintus Claudius, Volume 1 of 2 | Ernst EcksteinThese 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.
Ten Books on Architecture | Vitruvius
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