English

Noun

caldarium ‎(plural caldaria)

1. In Roman baths, the hottest room, with a plunge-pool. It preceded the tepidarium and frigidarium.
2. In modern spas, a room with a hot floor.

Latin

Etymology

From caldus ‎(“warm in temperature”, alternative form of calidus) +‎ -ārium ‎(improperly for an adjective), via *caldārius.

Alternative forms

• calidārium

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kalˈdaː.ri.um/

Noun

caldārium n ‎(genitive caldāriī); second declension

1. A warm bath.
2. A room containing warm water for bathing, caldarium.

Inflection

Second declension.

Synonyms

• (warm bath): caldāria

Related terms

Descendants

• English: caldarium
• French: caldarium
• Italian: caldaio, calidario
• Portuguese: caldeiro
• Sardinian: cadhàrgiu, caddàrgiu, cadharzu, cadraxu, cadràgiu, cradhaxu
• Spanish: caldero

References

• caldarium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• caldarium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin