LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

balneārius

balneārius (feminine balneāria, neuter balneārium)
Classical[baɫ.neˈaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[bal.neˈaː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveOf, pertaining to or frequenting baths or bathhouses

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativebalneāriusbalneāriabalneārium
genitivebalneāriībalneāriaebalneāriī
dativebalneāriōbalneāriaebalneāriō
accusativebalneāriumbalneāriambalneārium
ablativebalneāriōbalneāriābalneāriō
vocativebalneāriebalneāriabalneārium
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativebalneāriībalneāriaebalneāria
genitivebalneāriōrumbalneāriārumbalneāriōrum
dativebalneāriīsbalneāriīsbalneāriīs
accusativebalneāriōsbalneāriāsbalneāria
ablativebalneāriīsbalneāriīsbalneāriīs
vocativebalneāriībalneāriaebalneāria

balnĕārĭus (bălĭneārĭus, Inscr. Grut. 171, 8), a, um, adj. id.,
I. of or pertaining to a bath (class. for the preced.): fur, lurking about baths, Cat. 33, 1; cf. the title in Dig. 47, 17: de furibus balneariis: furtum, Dig. 1. 1. § 3: instrumentum, a bathing implement, ib. 33, 7, 17: vapores, ib. 43, 21, 3, § 6.—Subst.: balnĕārĭa, ōrum, n. plur., a place for bathing, a bathing-room, bath: nihil ei restabat praeter balnearia et ambulationem et aviarium, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1, § 1; so id. Att. 13, 29, 2; Col. 1, 6, 2; Sen. Q. N. 4, 9; id. Tranq. 9, 7.

Origins

Ancient Greek βαλανεῖον (balaneîon)bor. Latin balneum Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin balneārius From balneum + -ārius.

Elsewhere
  • Catalanbalneari
  • Englishbalneary
  • Frenchbalnéaire
  • Italianbalneario
  • Occitanbalneari
  • Portuguesebalneário
  • Spanishbalneario
  • Galicianbalneario
Italo-Romance
  • Italianbagnaiolo
  • ItalianBagnaia
Gallo-Romance
  • Occitanbagniero
  • OccitanBagnères

In English words that came into English from balneārius

  • balnearybalnearium

Quick answers

What does balneārius mean in Latin?
balneārius, a adjective, means “Of, pertaining to or frequenting baths or bathhouses”.
How do you pronounce balneārius?
In classical Latin, [baɫ.neˈaː.ri.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [bal.neˈaː.ri.us].