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Oct 30, 2004 13:02
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Spanish term
vomitorios
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I was on vacation in Spain last week and went to a Malaga CF football game. Our seats were high up in one corner. Near the steps up to the seats were signs to "VOMITORIOS". I can't find any non-vomit-related definitions of this word in a dictionary. Is there an English word or an explanation of los vomitorios?
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El proyecto, según indicaron fuentes de la Casa de Misericordia, prevé la apertura de cuatro vomitorios más (accesos), tres en los tendidos de sombra y el cuarto en grada (en la zona que se corresponde con sol y sombra), así como la mejora de los accesos, servicios del coso y baños públicos.
El proyecto, según indicaron fuentes de la Casa de Misericordia, prevé la apertura de cuatro vomitorios más (accesos), tres en los tendidos de sombra y el cuarto en grada (en la zona que se corresponde con sol y sombra), así como la mejora de los accesos, servicios del coso y baños públicos.
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Vomitory
vomitorio, ria.
(Del lat. vomitorĭus).
1. adj. vomitivo. U. t. c. s.
2. m. Puerta o abertura de los circos o teatros antiguos, o en locales análogos modernos, para entrar y salir de las gradas.
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otra referencia
vomitorio,-a adjetivo vomitory
II m
1 Med emetic
2 Hist (en anfiteatros, estadios) vomitory
- Source: Diccionario Espasa Concise © 2000 Espasa Calpe
(Del lat. vomitorĭus).
1. adj. vomitivo. U. t. c. s.
2. m. Puerta o abertura de los circos o teatros antiguos, o en locales análogos modernos, para entrar y salir de las gradas.
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Note added at 20 mins (2004-10-30 13:22:40 GMT)
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otra referencia
vomitorio,-a adjetivo vomitory
II m
1 Med emetic
2 Hist (en anfiteatros, estadios) vomitory
- Source: Diccionario Espasa Concise © 2000 Espasa Calpe
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entrances
acceso a esta zona es por las Rampas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 y 7 y en la parte alta de cada rampa existen unas entradas a las que se les llama vomitorios, los cuales
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vomi\'torium. Roman Antiq. Pl. vomitoria (also 8 -iums, erron. -iæ).
[Neuter sing. of L. vomitorius (cf. next); recorded only in pl. (Macrobius Sat. vi. iv).]
1. A passage or opening in an ancient amphitheatre or theatre, leading to or from the seats. Usu. pl.
1754 Dict. Arts & Sci. I. 129/2 They were entered by avenues, at the end of which were gates, called vomitoriæ.
1766 Smollett Trav. II. 228 The remains of two galleries one over another; and two vomitoria or great gateways at opposite sides of the arena.
1837 Antiq. Athens 48 Those numerous corridors and vomitoria which gave such free..access to all parts of a Roman theatre.
1923 A. Huxley Antic Hay xviii. 252 There strode in, like a Goth into the elegant marble vomitorium of Petronius Arbiter, a haggard and dishevelled person.
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vomi\'torium. Roman Antiq. Pl. vomitoria (also 8 -iums, erron. -iæ).
[Neuter sing. of L. vomitorius (cf. next); recorded only in pl. (Macrobius Sat. vi. iv).]
1. A passage or opening in an ancient amphitheatre or theatre, leading to or from the seats. Usu. pl.
1754 Dict. Arts & Sci. I. 129/2 They were entered by avenues, at the end of which were gates, called vomitoriæ.
1766 Smollett Trav. II. 228 The remains of two galleries one over another; and two vomitoria or great gateways at opposite sides of the arena.
1837 Antiq. Athens 48 Those numerous corridors and vomitoria which gave such free..access to all parts of a Roman theatre.
1923 A. Huxley Antic Hay xviii. 252 There strode in, like a Goth into the elegant marble vomitorium of Petronius Arbiter, a haggard and dishevelled person.
Discussion
: an entrance piercing the banks of seats of a theater
Pronunciation: 'v�-m&-"tOr-E, -"tor-
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -ries
Etymology: Late Latin vomitor