triclinium

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin trīclīnium, from Ancient Greek τρικλίνιον (triklínion). === Noun === triclinium (plural tricliniums or triclinia) (Ancient Rome) A couch for reclining at mealtimes, extending round three sides of a table, and usually in three parts. (Ancient Rome) A dining room furnished with such a triple couch. ==== Coordinate terms ==== biclinium ==== Derived terms ==== triclinial tricliniary == French == === Pronunciation === === Noun === triclinium m (plural trincliniums or triclinia) triclinium === Further reading === “triclinium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek τρικλίνιον (triklínion), from τρεῖς (treîs, “three”) + κλίνω (klínō, “to lean”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [triːˈkliː.ni.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [triˈkliː.ni.um] === Noun === trīclīnium n (genitive trīclīniī or trīclīnī); second declension dining room, where three couches are laid out for dining around a small serving table. a couch for reclining at meal, on which three people may recline. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Synonyms ==== cēnāculum ==== Related terms ==== architrīclīnus trīclīniarchēs trīclīniāria trīclīniāris ==== Descendants ==== Italian: triclinio === References === “triclinium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “triclinium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "triclinium", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “triclinium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “triclinium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “triclinium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin == Romanian == === Noun === triclinium n (uncountable) alternative form of tricliniu