noun
thermae
Meaning
- warm springs
thermae, ārum, f. (sc. aquae), = θερμὰ ὕδατα,
I. warm springs, warm baths (natural or artificial; cf.:
tepula aqua): Agrippae, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 62; 35, 4, 9, § 26; 36, 25, 64, § 189: Neronianae, Mart. 7, 34, 5; 12, 84, 5; cf. Sen. Ep. 122, 8.—B. = thermopolium, q. v. Juv. 8, 168.—
II. As nom. prop.: Thermae, = Θέρμαι, a town in Sicily, near Himera, now Termini, Mel. 2, 7, 16; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 90; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 85 sq.; Sil. 14, 232.—Hence, Thermitānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thermæ, Thermitan: homo, of or from Thermæ, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 83.—In plur.: Thermi-tāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Thermæ, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 42, § 99.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
thermae ārum, f
(sc. aquae), warm springs, warm baths: Thermarum calices, i. e. drinkingbouts at the public baths, Iu.
In English words that came into English from thermae
- thermaethermae