Meaning of atrium | Babel Free

Definitions

1. accusative singular of Ātrius (“Roman family name”)
   accusative, form-of, singular
2. a welcoming room in a Roman villa; reception hall, main court
   declension-2
3. a hall, court in a temple
   declension-2

Equivalents

Examples

“It clāmor ad altā / ātria An outcry goes up to the height of the [palace] halls. (Translations vary – Mackail, 1885: “the high halls”; Knight, 1956: “the palace-roof”; Fitzgerald, 1981: “the high chambers”; West, 1990: “the high walls of the palace”; Ahl, 2007: “high through the courtyard’s open roof”; Ruden, 2021: “to the rooftop”.)”

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