laconicum
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of laconicum
1690–1700; < Latin lacōnicum sweating room, noun use of neuter of Lacōnicus Laconian ( see laconic); the sweat bath was a Spartan custom
Example Sentences
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Owing to the expansion by heat, a relatively greater volume of air enters the laconicum than the cold intake.
From The Turkish Bath Its Design and Construction by Allsop, Robert Owen
The room in its general arrangement resembles the hot bath of the men; it has a labrum in the laconicum, and a hot bath contiguous to the furnace.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)
Reisk.; although, according to Hephæstion, the laconicum metrum was a tetrameter catalecticus in syllabam, with a spondaic ending; and according to M. Victorinus ubi sup. a trimeter catalecticus in syllabam.1581.B.
From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried
It had on one side the laconicum, containing the vase called labrum.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)
Between the combined tepidarium and lavatorium and the laconicum is a glazed partition with a doorway, fitted with a curtain if necessary.
From The Turkish Bath Its Design and Construction by Allsop, Robert Owen
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