laconicum
Americannoun
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laconica
plural
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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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The Romans had their laconicum or heating stove, which from its name was an invention from Laconia.
From Inventions in the Century by William Henry Doolittle
In small baths, however, the hot-water tank may, for economy's sake, be placed near the ceiling in the laconicum.
From The Turkish Bath Its Design and Construction by Robert Owen Allsop
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 Robert Owen Allsop
In the laconicum are two felt-covered wooden benches, as at Fig.
From The Turkish Bath Its Design and Construction by Robert Owen Allsop
"Here should be placed the vaulted sweating-room, twice the length of its width, which should have at each extremity, on one end the laconicum, made as described above, on the other end the hot bath."
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines
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