Part One
a house is divided into inner rooms | domus distinguitur in
conclāvia
such as are the entry | ut sunt ātrium (1)
the stove | hypocaustum (2)
the kitchen | culīna (3)
the buttery | cella penuāria (4)
the dining room | cēnāculum (5)
the gallery | camera (6)
the bed chamber | cubiculum (7)
with a privy | cum secessū (latrīnā) (8)
made by it | adstructō.
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[i]
camera, -ae [1/f]: room, often with a
vaulted / arched ceiling; Engl. deriv. chamber
cella, -ae [1/f]: storeroom / cellar; any
small room or hut; Engl. deriv. cell
cella penuāria: buttery, room for keeping food; penuārius, -a,
-um: related to provisions
Engl. cellar and German Keller are derived from
Late Latin: cellārium, -ī [2/n]: storeroom; larder / pantry; cellar
conclāve, -is [3/n]: room < cum
(with) + clāvis, -is [3/f]: key
The translator renders conclāvia as inner rooms i.e. private spaces that can be locked or shut off; Engl. deriv. conclave: assembly held in a sealed room (especially a papal election)
[ii] hypocaustum, -ī [2/n]: “stove”
In archaic English, “stove” did not only apply to a
device for heating, but to a room artificially heated: “When most of the
waiters were commanded away to their supper, the Parlour or Stove being
near emptied, in came a Company of Musketeers.” (1634)
Images #3 - #5: the Ancient Roman definition of the word is
[i] hypocaust, heating vault; [ii] steam / bathing room heated from below.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypocaust
[iii]
ātrium, -ī [2/n]: entry hall
cēnāculum, -ī [2/n]: dining room
cubiculum, -ī [2/n]: bedroom
culīna, -ae [1/f]: kitchen
domus, -ūs [4/f]: house
latrīna, -ae [1/f]; secessus, -ūs [4/m]: toilet
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