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- Impluvium - n. - In Roman dwellings, a cistern or tank, set in the atrium or peristyle to recieve the water from the roof, by means of the compluvium; generally made ornamental with flowers and works of art around its birm.
- Compluvium - n. - A space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern.