COMPLUVIUM


Meaning of COMPLUVIUM in English

kəmˈplüvēəm, (ˈ)käm|p- noun

( plural complu·via -ēə)

Etymology: Latin, from compluere to flow together, from com- + pluere to rain — more at flow

: a square opening in the roof of the ancient Roman atrium toward which the roof sloped and through which the rain fell into the impluvium

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