| A | B |
|---|
| domus | town house in the city |
| insula | apartment |
| atrium | main room of house; reception hall |
| tablinum | master's study |
| alae | wings; off of the atrium; used to hold imagines |
| imagines | wax busts of ancestors |
| cubiculum | bedroom |
| triclinium | dining room |
| oeci | reception rooms |
| diaetae | outdoor rooms for relaxation |
| culina | kitchen |
| vestibulum | space between door and inner edge of sidewalk |
| peristylium | columned court year; family room |
| bibliotheca | library |
| sacrarium | room with shrine to the gods |
| exedrae | rooms furnished with permanent seats for lectures |
| solarium | sun deck |
| latrina | bathroom/toilet |
| hortus | garden |
| xystus | formal garden |
| impluvium | basin in floor of atrium |
| compluvium | opening in roof of atrium |
| ostium | doorway; inner inner door |
| fores | double doors |
| ianua | outer door |
| posticum | back or side door |
| opus sectile | floor surfacing |
| caementicium | cement work |
| opus signinum | waterproof lining for cisterns |
| opus incertum | irregular wall |
| opus reticulatum | brickwork resembling netting |
| opus testaecum | concrete core wall w brick or tile facing |
| bipedales | bonding course of large bricks |
| opus quadratum | large square stones laid in horizontal courses |
| opus africanum | massive horizontal and vertiacal blocks of smaller blocks |
| opus vittatum | use of long & short masonry blocks |
| pavimentum | floor |
| tegulae | flat, flanged tiles for roofing |
| imbrices | tapering tubes cut in half for roofing |
| cave canem | mosaic in vestibulum |
| lares & penates | household gods |
| Lars | cupboard gods |
| Penates | gods of ancestors |
| nihil intret mali | let no evil enter ; in vestibulum |
| lectus | bed;sofa;couch |
| polinaria | pillows |
| solium | still, straight high back chair |
| sella | stool or chair |
| cathedra | armless chair w curved back |
| mensa | table |
| arca | strong box/safe |
| horologium | clock |
| candelabrum | tall stand for lamps |
| sigma | semicircular dining couch |
| opus vermiculatum | mosaic |
| tesserae | cut glass used in mosaic |
| monopodium | table w/one leg |
| abacus | rectangular table w raised arm |
| mensa delphica | table with three legs |
| solaria | sundials |
| gnomon | staff on sundial |
| Horologium | solar clock of Augustus |
| clepsydra | water clock |
| Tuscan Atrium | supported by2 pairs of beams |
| tetrastylon atrium | four-pillared atrium |
| displuvinatum atrium | roof slopes to outer walls |
| testudinatum atrium | atrium with no compluvium |
| Corinthian atrium | held up by many columns |
