LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

trīclīnium

trīclīnium n (genitive trīclīniī or trīclīnī)
Classical[triːˈkliː.ni.ũː]Ecclesiastical[triˈkliː.ni.um]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. dining room, where three couches are laid out for dining around a small serving table.
  2. a couch for reclining at meal, on which three people may recline.

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

pars domūs in quā cēnātur; tria lecta circum mēnsam stant.
triclīnium -ī n — in Mille Verba, Cibus et Convīvium
conclāve cēnandī
triclīnium -ī (n) — in Epistulae, ch. 8

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativetrīclīniumtrīclīnia
genitivetrīclīniī
trīclīnī		trīclīniōrum
dativetrīclīniōtrīclīniīs
accusativetrīclīniumtrīclīnia
ablativetrīclīniōtrīclīniīs
vocativetrīclīniumtrīclīnia

trīclīnĭum, ii, n., = τρικλίνιον,
I. a couch running round three sides of a table for reclining on at meals, an eating-couch, table-couch.
I. Lit.: triclinio posito cenabimus, Varr. R. R. 3, 13, 2: sternere, id. L. L. 9, § 9 Müll.: habueris quinquaginta tricliniorum lectos, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 183: in triclinio, quod in foro straverat, id. ib. 2, 3, 25, § 61; id. Mur. 36, 75; id. Att. 13, 52, 1 and 2; Plin. 33, 11, 52, § 146; Mart. 10, 13, 3 al.—
II. Transf., a room for eating in, a dining - room, supper - room: hiberna et aestiva, Varr. L. L. 8, § 29 Müll.; Libo ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 263; Phaedr. 4, 23, 28; Manil. 5, 507.

Origins

From Ancient Greek τρικλίνιον (triklínion), from τρεῖς (treîs, “three”) + κλίνω (klínō, “to lean”).

Descendants
  • Italiantriclinio

In English words that came into English from trīclīnium

  • tricliniumtrīclīnium

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesTricliniumTriclinium properly a set of three couches round a dining-table, but commonly used also for the dining-room of a Roman house; for its usual position, …

Quick answers

What does trīclīnium mean in Latin?
trīclīnium, a noun, means “dining room, where three couches are laid out for dining around a small serving table.; a couch for reclining at meal, on which three people may recline.”.
What is the genitive of trīclīnium?
The genitive singular is trīclīniī. trīclīnium is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce trīclīnium?
In classical Latin, [triːˈkliː.ni.ũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [triˈkliː.ni.um].