caldarium

American  

[kal-dair-ee-uhm] / kælˈdɛər i əm /

noun

plural

caldaria

1. (in an ancient Roman bath) a room having a hot bath.

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caldarium British  

/ kælˈdɛərɪəm /

noun

1. (in ancient Rome) a room for taking hot baths

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Etymology

Origin of caldarium

1745–55; < Latin: noun use of neuter of caldārius of warming, equivalent to cal ( i ) d ( us ) warm ( cal ( ēre ) to be warm + -idus -id ⁴ ) + -ārius -ary; -ium, -arium

Example Sentences

In ancient times, the Romans named it the caldarium; we simply call it the hot tub.

From Time • Dec. 13, 2014

In the same place a dark yellow copper is made which is called caldarium, taking its name among the Germans from a caldron....

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

In other mines are made that known as regulare and caldarium.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

These differ, because the caldarium is only melted, and is brittle to the hammer; whereas the regulare is malleable or ductile.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

These were the frigidarium, the caldarium, the sudatorium, and the tepidarium, for the cold, the hot, the sweating or vapor, and the warm baths.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 by Various