tablinum

American  

[ta-blahy-nuhm] / tæˈblaɪ nəm /

noun

plural

tablina

1. (in an ancient Roman house) a large, open room at the side of the peristyle farthest from the main entrance.

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Etymology

Origin of tablinum

1820–30; < Latin tab ( u ) līnum, equivalent to tabula ( see table) + -īnum, neuter of -īnus -ine ¹

Example Sentences

Passing the tablinum or room of archives, they proceeded into the peristylium, a still larger transverse court or lawn with verdant shrubbery and a chaste towering fountain.

From The Mother of St. Nicholas A Story of Duty and Peril by Balfour, Grant

If it is from thirty to forty feet, let half the width of the atrium be devoted to the tablinum.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

The height of the tablinum at the lintel should be one eighth more than its width.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

A wooden staircase on the left of the tablinum, the first step being of stone, led to the floor above.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)

Opening from the atrium was the tablinum; here were the family archives, the statues, pictures, and other ancestral relics.

From Roman Women by Brittain, Alfred