cavaedium

[ kuh-vee-dee-uh m, kah-, key- ]

/ kəˈvi di əm, kɑ-, keɪ- /

Origin of cavaedium

< Latin, contraction of cavum aedium, literally, hollow of rooms (i.e. house); see cave, edifice

cauvery, cav, cav., cava, cavaco silva, cavaedium, cavafy, cavagram, caval, cavalcade, cavalcanti

The dining-room, as well as the study of the master of the house, were in the cavaedium.

Quintus Claudius, Volume 1 of 2 |Ernst Eckstein
I must now tell how this may be brought about, and first I will speak of the proper construction of a cavaedium.

Ten Books on Architecture |Vitruvius
(Posticum) was the name given to the little door, leading from the back of the cavaedium or peristyle to the street.

Quintus Claudius, Volume 1 of 2 |Ernst Eckstein
These are described by Vitruvius under the title of cavaedium.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 8 |Various