vomitorium
- noun
- /ˌvɑːmɪˈtɔːriəm/
- During the show, the actor pointed to the vomitorium to show where the audience would exit in an emergency.
Examples
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The ancient Roman theater had several exits known as vomitoria, allowing the audience to leave quickly after the performance.
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Clear a path to the vomitorium.
Blog text (6) -
The only problems are the vomitoriums, the two that come up.
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It looks like the vomitorium.
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- Vomitorium!
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Those exits and entrances are called vomitoria, which means they literally spit forth spectators.
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"... requires a stubborn reader, one willing to suspend normal expectations and able to confront both repetitious effects and a vomitorium of pre-digested book learning."
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In the amphitheater, crowds poured out through the vomitorium at the end of the event.
Synonyms
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A passage in a stadium or theatre used for people to enter and leave
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Etymology
Vomitorium comes from the Latin word vomere 'to spew out', the same root as English vomit, because these passages 'spew out' people from a Roman theater. So a vomitorium is a passage that lets a crowd leave quickly.