What does hypocaustus mean in Latin?

hypocaustus, a adjective, means “for sweating, especially rooms and baths”.

How do you pronounce hypocaustus?

In classical Latin, [hy.pɔˈkau̯s.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [i.poˈkau̯s.tus].

adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

hypocaustus (feminine hypocausta, neuter hypocaustum)

Classical[hy.pɔˈkau̯s.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[i.poˈkau̯s.tus]

singular
form	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hypocaustus	hypocausta	hypocaustum hypocauston
genitive	hypocaustī	hypocaustae	hypocaustī
dative	hypocaustō	hypocaustae	hypocaustō
accusative	hypocaustum hypocauston	hypocaustam hypocaustān	hypocaustum hypocauston
ablative	hypocaustō	hypocaustā	hypocaustō
vocative	hypocauste	hypocausta	hypocaustum hypocauston

plural
form	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hypocaustī hypocaustoe	hypocaustae	hypocausta
genitive	hypocaustōrum	hypocaustārum	hypocaustōrum
dative	hypocaustīs	hypocaustīs	hypocaustīs
accusative	hypocaustōs	hypocaustās	hypocausta
ablative	hypocaustīs	hypocaustīs	hypocaustīs
vocative	hypocaustī hypocaustoe	hypocaustae	hypocausta

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑπόκαυστος (hupókaustos, “heated by a hypocaust”). By surface analysis, hypo- + caustus.