amphithalamos

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

amphĭthălămŏs, i, m., = ἀμφιθάλαμος,

an antechamber : quorum (cubiculorum) unum thalamos, alterum amphithalamos dicitur, Vitr. 6, 10 Rose and Müll. (al. antithalamus, a chamber opp. to the sleeping-chamber).