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ancient Roman house,
which usually had a
central opening in the roof (
compluvium) and a
rainwater pool (impluvium)
beneath it. The
cavaedium p****ively...
- water-catchment pool
system meant to
capture rain-water
flowing from the
compluvium, an area of roof.
Often placed in a courtyard,
under an
opening in the...
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opening called the
compluvium in
which rain
could come,
draining inwards from the
slanted tiled roof.
Directly below the
compluvium was the impluvium....
- also
instances of
lightwell use by the Romans, such as the
impluvium and
compluvium shaft. In
traditional Chinese architecture, the 天井 (sky well) also exists...
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Butterfly roof or
trough roof (rare) Prow or "flying"
Gable roof
Monitor roof
Compluvium roof
Displuvium roof (rare)
Hemisperical dome (on a wall) Sail
vault Compound...
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prodire solet in
compluvium., 'thus
according to our
rites he who
wishes to
swear an oath by Dius
Fidius he as a rule
walks to the
compluvium (an unroofed...
- are
beautifully decorated. The
opening in the
ceiling above the pool (
compluvium)
called for some
means of
support for the roof, and it is here
where one...
- "confluence",
where rivers'
water (or rain water) flow into one
place (i.e., a
compluvium). The city
boundaries have been
inhabited since the
Chalcolithic phase...
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aspects of Dius Fidius' oath ritual, such as
requiring the open sky, the
compluvium of
private residences and the fact the
temple of
Sancus had no roof, implied...
- plumbaginous, plumbago, plumbeous, plummet, plunge,
replumb pluvia pluvi- rain
compluvium, displuviate, impluvium, plover, pluvial,
pluviosity pōculum pōcul- cup...
