Fauces (architecture)
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Fauces is an architectural term given by Vitruvius (Arch. [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Vitruvius/6*.html 3.6.3]) to narrow passages on either side of the tablinum, through which access could be obtained from the atrium to the peristylar court in the rear.{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Fauces|volume=10|page=204}}
The Latin word {{lang|la|faucēs}} means "the upper part of the throat", and figuratively refers to any kind of narrow entrance or passageway.{{Cite web|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=fauces&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0060|title=Charlton T. Lewis, an Elementary Latin Dictionary, faucēs}}
Bibliography
- Greenough, J. B. 1890. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/310454 "The Fauces of the Roman House."] Harvard Studies in Classical Philology 1:1-12. (at JSTOR).