‖ viriˈdarium Roman Antiq.
[L. viridārium plantation of trees, pleasure-garden, f. viridis virid a.]
A pleasure-garden or green court of an ancient Roman villa or palace.
| a 1700 Evelyn Diary 10 Nov. 1644, We went to see Prince Ludovisio's villa where was formerly the Viridarium of the poet Sallust. 1832 W. Gell Pompeiana I. viii. 168 A sort of court, probably planted with flowers, and sometimes called a viridarium. 1848 Lytton Harold i. i, The wide space between the columns, which had once given ample vista from graceful awnings into tablinum and viridarium. 1891 Farrar Darkn. & Dawn x, As Titus went across the viridarium, or chief green court of the Palace. |