Where Does the Word Impluvium Come from?

Etymology: [L., fr. impluere to rain into; pref. im- in + pluere to rain.]

What does the Latin word impluvium mean?

Etymology. Latin impluvium, from impluit (“rains upon”)

What does compluvium mean in English?

: a square opening in the roof of the ancient Roman atrium toward which the roof sloped and through which the rain fell into the impluvium.