peristylium

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Ἀλλ' ὑπ' ἐλπίδων ἄνδρας τὸ κέρδος πολλάκις διώλεσεν → But the profit-motive has destroyed many people in their hope for gain

Sophocles, Antigone, 221-2

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

pĕristȳlĭum: ii, n., = περιστύλιον>,
I a place surrounded with columns on the inside, a peristyle, Vitr. 3, 1; 5, 11; Plin. Ep. 10, 70, 3; 10, 71, 1; Suet. Aug. 82; cf. peristylum.