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tablinum
[ ta-blahy-nuhm ]
noun
, plural tab·li·na [ta-, blahy, -n, uh].
- (in an ancient Roman house) a large, open room at the side of the peristyle farthest from the main entrance.
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The height of the tablinum at the lintel should be one eighth more than its width.
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On the centre of the side facing the vestibule was the tablinum, the apartment of Caius Muro himself.
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If it is from thirty to forty feet, let half the width of the atrium be devoted to the tablinum.
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This proposal pleased the old slave, and a short time after Gorgias entered the venerable philosopher's tablinum.
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People took their meals in the veranda in summer, and to it the name tablinum was naturally applied.
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