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trīclīnĭum , ii, n., = τρικλίνιον,
I.a couch running round three sides of a table for reclining on at meals, an eating-couch, table-couch.
I. Lit.: “triclinio posito cenabimus,Varr. R. R. 3, 13, 2: “sternere,id. L. L. 9, § 9 Müll.: “habueris quinquaginta tricliniorum lectos,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 183: “in triclinio, quod in foro straverat,id. ib. 2, 3, 25, § 61; id. Mur. 36, 75; id. Att. 13, 52, 1 and 2; Plin. 33, 11, 52, § 146; Mart. 10, 13, 3 al.
II. Transf., a room for eating in, a dining - room, supper - room: “hiberna et aestiva,Varr. L. L. 8, § 29 Müll.; Libo ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 263; Phaedr. 4, 23, 28; Manil. 5, 507.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (4):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 13.52.1
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.2.183
    • Cicero, For Lucius Murena, 36.75
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.65
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