Meaning & use
Impluvium
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A shallow basin in the atrium of an ancient Roman house designed to collect rainwater from an opening in the roof.
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Rainwater trickled through the compluvium into the impluvium below.
Archaeologists found a beautifully preserved impluvium at the excavation site in Pompeii.
A note on using this word
The impluvium was both a practical water-collection feature and a decorative centerpiece of the Roman domus.
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