Etymology

impluvium

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Today it means: A low basin in the center of a household atrium, into which rainwater flowed down from the roof through the compluvium. Full definition →

Latin impluvium
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  1. Latin · derived fromimpluvium
  2. English todayimpluvium

Latin impluvium, from impluit (“rains upon”)

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