IMPLUVIUM

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IMPLUVIUM , the Latin

term

TERM

for the sunk

part

PART

of the

floor

FLOOR (from O. Eng. flor, a word common to many Teutonic
languages
- LANGUAGES
, cf. Dutch vloer, and Ger. Flur, a
field
, in the feminine, and a floor, masculine)

in the atrium of a

Greek

GREEK
GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

or Roman

house

HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic
languages
- LANGUAGES
, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
Gothic
- GOTHIC
it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

, which was contrived to receive the water passing through the compluvium (q.v.) of the roof. The impluvium was generally in

marble

MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining
stone
)

and sunk about a foot below the

floor

FLOOR (from O. Eng. flor, a word common to many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vloer, and Ger. Flur, a
field
, in the feminine, and a floor, masculine)

of the atrium.

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