02.11.26: topic; architecture [14]; describing a modern house (Traupman); dialogue (2) [i]

Read the dialogue and match the words and phrases in bold with the images. The images are not in the same order as the text references.

A: Mōnstrā mihi, quaesō, partem interiōrem huius domūs.

B: Libenter. Est vērō domus ēlegāns. Sunt pictūrae in quōque pariete.

A: Quot cubicula sunt in hāc domō?

B: Omnīnō quattuor cubicula.

A: Quid est in quōque cubiculō?

B: Bīnī lectī et bīnae cathedrae et vestiārium.

A: Estne tablīnum in hāc domō?

B: Etiam. Est profectō magna mēnsa scrīptōria rōborea ibi; atque sunt pluteī circā parietēs omnēs.

A: Habetne domus amplam culīnam?

B: Ita; est magnus camīnus in culīnā atque fūsōrium.

A: Ubi est trīclīnium?

B: Trīclīnium situm est inter culīnam et balneum. Prope balneum est lātrīna. In balneō est solium magnum.

[1]

[i] domus, -ūs [4/f]: house

[ii] pariēs, pariētis [3/m]: (interior) wall

[iii] pars, partis [3/f]: part

[iv] pictūra, -ae [1/f]: picture, painting

[2]

[i] trīclīnium, -ī [2/n]: dining room

also:

(1) cēnāculum, -ī [2/n]: [i] dining room < cēnō (dine) + -culum; [ii] the location of the cēnaculum was often in an upper storey and has the additional and more general meaning of ‘upper room’ or ‘attic’; the noun could be associated with the dwellings of the poorer classes of Roman society

(2) cēnātiō, -nis [3/f]: dining room; dining hall

[ii] culīna, -ae [1/f]: kitchen

[iii] fūsōrium, -ī [2/n]: sink / basin (Neo-Latin); listed in various sources

https://logeion.uchicago.edu/fusorium

https://latinlexicon.org/definition.php?p1=4001082&p2=f

[iv] The general term for a ‘cooker’ has various equivalents in Neo-Latin. Traupman (in Conversational Latin for Oral Proficiency) lists:

foculus, -ī [2/m]: in Classical Latin, this can refer to a ‘brazier’ i.e. portable container to hold burning coals or charcoal, and used for heating or cooking

foculus ēlectricus: electric cooker 

caminus, -ī [2/m]: (CL) fireplace; (Neo-Latin) stove

[v] CL has several words for an ‘oven’:

caminus, -ī [2/m]

clībanus, -ī [2/m]

fornāx, fornācis [3/f]

furnus, -ī [2/m]

Although Lewis & Short list them all as synonyms, some of them may refer to large ovens i.e. a furnace or a pottery kiln: “The furnus of the ancients was a massive oven, similar to our pizza ovens; the clibanus was in contrast a small, portable oven (most often, but not always, used for bread)” (Neo-Latin Lexicon)

[3]

[i] cubiculum, -ī [2/n]: bedroom

also: dormītōrium, -ī [2/n]: bedroom

[ii] lectus, -ī [2/m]: bed

also: cubīle, -is [3/n]: bed

[iii] cathedra, -ae [1/f]: armchair

also: sella, -ae [1/f]: seat; chair

vestiārium, -ī [2/n]: wardrobe; cloakroom < vestis (clothing) +‎ -ārium (used to express where things are kept); some writers also use this noun to refer to a chest of drawers

also: armārium, -ī [2/n]: closet; cupboard < arma (weapons; tools) + -ārium, i.e. not necessarily for clothes

[4]

[i] tablīnum, -ī [2/n]: study / office

[ii] mēnsa, -ae [1/f]: table

mēnsa scrīptōria: writing desk

[iii] plūteus, -ī [2/m]: shelf / bookcase

also: librārium, -ī [2/n]: bookcase

[5]

[i] balneum, -ī [2/n]: bath / bathroom

[ii] latrīna, -ae [1/f]: toilet / lavatory

[iii] solium, -ī [2/n]: bathtub / bath

also:

alveus, -ī [2/m]: bath tub

lābrum, -ī [2/n]: bath tub

> lābellum, -ī [2/n]: CL a small basin > basin for washing hands

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