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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 811 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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COMPLUVIUM (from
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Lat. compluere, to flow together, i.e. in reference to the
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rain being collected and falling through) , in
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architecture, the Latin
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term for the open space
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left in the roof of the
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atrium of a
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Roman
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house for
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lighting it and the rooms
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round (see
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CAVAEDIUM) .

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