tabulinum

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

tăbŭlīnum (also contr. tăblīnum), i, n. [tabula].

I A balcony , terrace , or other floored place in the open air: (cenitabant) rure in corte, in urbe in tabulino, Varr. ap. Non. 83, 21.—

II A place where family records were kept , archives (for the usual tabularium), Vitr. 6, 4; 6, 8; Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 7; cf. Fest. p. 356 Müll.; cf. Becker, Gallus, 2, p. 178 sq. —

III A picture-gallery , App. Flor. 23.