tepidarium
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tepidārium Pompeiīs
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tepidārium.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌtɛpɪˈdɛəɹi.əm/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌtɛpɪˈdɛɹi.əm/
- Rhymes: -ɛəɹiəm
Noun
tepidarium (plural tepidariums or tepidaria)
- (historical) A warm room in a Roman baths that was usually heated by a hypocaust.
- (historical) A boiler in which the water was heated.
- Any room containing a warm bath.
- (botany) A warm greenhouse typically used for plants from South Africa.
- 1851, The Floricultural Cabinet and Florist's Magazine, page 184:
- There is a pretty large glass-house, one-half being a caldarium, the other a tepidarium
See also
French
Noun
tepidarium m (plural tepidariums or tepidaria)
Further reading
- “tepidarium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Latin
Etymology
From tepidus (“tepid”) + -ārium.
Pronunciation
Noun
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tepidārium n (genitive tepidāriī or tepidārī); second declension
- tepidarium (warm room in Roman baths)
- Coordinate terms: apodytērium, caldārium, frīgidārium, Lacōnicum
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tepidārium | tepidāria |
| genitive | tepidāriī tepidārī1 |
tepidāriōrum |
| dative | tepidāriō | tepidāriīs |
| accusative | tepidārium | tepidāria |
| ablative | tepidāriō | tepidāriīs |
| vocative | tepidārium | tepidāria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “tepidarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tepidarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin tepidārium.
Noun
tepidarium n (uncountable)
Declension
| singular only | indefinite | definite |
|---|---|---|
| nominative-accusative | tepidarium | tepidariumul |
| genitive-dative | tepidarium | tepidariumului |
| vocative | tepidariumule | |