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What does oecus mean?

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Noun
  1. (historical) An apartment, room, or hall in an ancient Roman dwelling house.
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In the doors leading from the corridor to the oecus, terrified faces of slaves began to show themselves a second time.
The remains of such an oecus may be seen in the houses of Meleager and of the Labyrinth.
Even though all Delian houses include one large room, an oecus maior, the dimensions of this hall far exceed the standards of private dwellings.
Opening into the rear of the peristyle on one side is the oecus, on the other a long dining room.
In the oecus, the excavation was made from which the house received its name.

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