cryptoporticus

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A vaulted corridor or arcade at, or just below ground level; normally lit by openings in the upper part of the vault. Also a roofed promenade that is enclosed with side walls that have windows or openings instead of columns. Roman
    — The close walkes, which were called cryptoporticus were not of choice but of necessitie, when extremitie of weather would not let them walke abroad.

词形变化

cryptoporticuses plural cryptoportici plural cryptoportico alternative

词源

Etymology tree
Latin cryptoporticusbor.
English cryptoporticus
Borrowed from Latin cryptoporticus.
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