frigidarium
noun
(in an ancient Roman bath) a room having a bath of unheated water.
frigidaria
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pluralof frigidarium.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It was simply a cold chamber, cella frigidaria.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines
From the fact that there were pierced openings or windows in all these domes, they probably constituted the frigidaria of the baths.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various
There were hot, and cold, and tepid baths, caldaria, or sweating chambers, frigidaria, or cooling rooms, unctoria, or anointing rooms, and many others sufficient to accommodate sixteen hundred bathers at once.
From Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs by William Henry Withrow
