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impluvia

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im⋅plu⋅vi⋅um

  [im-ploo-vee-uhm]
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–noun, plural -vi⋅a  [-vee-uh] .
a basin or tank within a compluvium.
Origin:
1805–15; < L, equiv. to impluv-, base of impluere to rain (upon, into) (im- im- 1 + pluere to rain; cf. pluvial ) + -ium -ium
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