Impluvium

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

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