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impluvium

Pronunciation: [ɪmˈpɫʊ.wi.ũː]

“impluvium” is a Latin word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. a rectangular courtyard basin or pool into which rain water is collected by a compluvium above it.

Etymology

From impluit (“it rains upon”) + -ium, from in + pluit (“it rains”).

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