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Im`plu´vi`um

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(Arch.) 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.

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5 Difficult to appreciate now, for the impluvia of Pompeii and Herculaneum are dry.

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