English Dictionary

vomitorium

IPA（発音記号）

/vɒmɪˈtɔːɹɪəm/

名詞

A passage located behind a tier of seats in an amphitheatre used as an exit for the crowds

日本語の意味

古代円形劇場の席の裏に位置し、観客が退場するために設けられた通路。 / 劇場における出口部分として設計された、観客のスムーズな退場を促す通路。

After the performance, the audience poured through the vomitorium and quickly spilled out into the surrounding streets.

公演後、観客は座席の背後にある出口通路を通ってすぐに周囲の通りへと流れ出した。

意味（1）

A passage located behind a tier of seats in an amphitheatre used as an exit for the crowds

[…] the way that the greatest width of the interior of the Flavian amphitheatre would be ascertained, if a line were drawn from one of the vomitoria of the west side, in the uppermost story, to the eastern vomitorium, precisely facing it.

意味（2）

(see Usage notes) An area in which vomiting takes place, in particular a chamber supposedly used by ancient Romans to vomit during a feast so they could continue eating.

In the rich man's house the vomitorium became an essential chamber: the place where the guzzler of rich food emptied his stomach, so that he might come back to the feast for more.

vomitoria （ plural ）

vomitoriums （ plural ）