I. Among the Greeks, the part of the house in which the men resided, the men's apartment; also called andronitis (opp. gynaeceum, q. v.): locus domicilii, in quo viri morabantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 19 Müll.; cf. Vitr. 6, 10.—
II. Among the Romans, a passage between two walls or courts of a house, Vitr. 6, 10; Plin. Ep. 2, 17.