/as'euh roh"teuhm/ , n. , pl. asarota /-teuh/ .
(in ancient Roman architecture) a painted pavement.
[ Latinization of neut. sing. of Gk asárotos lit., unswept (once in Pliny, designating a floor paved in mosaic resembling table scraps), equiv. to a- A- 6 + saro-, verbid s. of saroûn to sweep clean + -tos verbal adj. suffix ]