vomitorium

vomitorium
noun /vɒmɪˈtɔːɹɪəm/
a) 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.

b) (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 tunnel to the right and left as one enters there is a passage which contains a flight of steps conducting to a "vomitorium,"<!quotation marks in original situated in the second "præcinctio;" [&hellip;]

See Also: vomit, vom

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