triclinium
noun
tri·clin·i·um
trī-ˈkli-nē-əm 
plural triclinia
trī-ˈkli-nē-ə
1
: a couch extending around three sides of a table used by the ancient Romans for reclining at meals
2
: a dining room furnished with a triclinium
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The summer dining room in the House of Caro in Pompeii, for example, has a triclinium whose stone benches formed a U-shape around the room with a central open pit for a table and likely would have been softened with pillows and blankets.
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Kate Reggev, Architectural Digest, 28 June 2024
Visitors passed through an Egyptian Hall of the Kings and then into a reproduction 15,000-square-foot Roman house, complete with sunken atrium and a triclinium — dining room — with the sort of couches Romans reclined on while eating.
—Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2021
Both bodies were found lying on a triclinium eating space in what was likely the home’s dining room.
—Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2022
Judging by its size and complexity, experts posit that the mosaic once decorated the floor of a triclinium, or formal Roman dining room.
—Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Mar. 2022
Onlookers can witness the traditional cutting of the grapes and visit the wine cellar and a triclinium.
—Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2021
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Kate Reggev, Architectural Digest, 28 June 2024
Visitors passed through an Egyptian Hall of the Kings and then into a reproduction 15,000-square-foot Roman house, complete with sunken atrium and a triclinium — dining room — with the sort of couches Romans reclined on while eating.
—Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2021
Both bodies were found lying on a triclinium eating space in what was likely the home’s dining room.
—Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2022
Judging by its size and complexity, experts posit that the mosaic once decorated the floor of a triclinium, or formal Roman dining room.
—Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Mar. 2022
Onlookers can witness the traditional cutting of the grapes and visit the wine cellar and a triclinium.
—Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2021
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“Triclinium.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/triclinium. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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