laconicum

American  

[luh-kon-i-kuhm] / ləˈkɒn ɪ kəm /

noun

laconica plural

1. the sudatorium of an ancient Roman bath.

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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

These are red, as is also the cornice and ceiling of the laconicum, which is worked in stucco with little figures of boys and animals.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)

In the laconicum are two felt-covered wooden benches, as at Fig.

From The Turkish Bath Its Design and Construction by Allsop, Robert Owen

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)

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 Allsop, Robert Owen

So much of the iron flue as is in the laconicum must be coated with asbestos or some composition, or the heating will not be wholly by firebrick.

From The Turkish Bath Its Design and Construction by Allsop, Robert Owen