| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| triclinium |
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| SYLLABICATION: | tri·clin·i·um |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  tr -kl n  - m |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. tri·clin·i·a (--)
1. A couch facing three sides of a rectangular table, used by the ancient Greeks, Etruscans, and Romans for reclining at meals. 2. A room containing such a couch or couches; a dining room. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin trclnium, from Greek triklnion, diminutive of triklnos, room with three couches : tri-, three; see trei- in Appendix I + kln, couch; see klei- in Appendix I.
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