noun · neutersecond declension
vapōrārium
vapōrārium n (genitive vapōrāriī or vapōrārī)
Meaning
- steam pipe (which conveyed heat to the sweating room in Roman baths)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vapōrārium | vapōrāria |
| genitive | vapōrāriī vapōrārī | vapōrāriōrum |
| dative | vapōrāriō | vapōrāriīs |
| accusative | vapōrārium | vapōrāria |
| ablative | vapōrāriō | vapōrāriīs |
| vocative | vapōrārium | vapōrāria |
văpōrārĭum, ii, n. id.,
I. a steam-pipe in the Roman baths, which conveyed the heat to the sweating-room, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1, § 2; Sen. Q. N. 3, 24, 3 Haase.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
vapōrārium ī, n
vapor, a steam-chamber, sweating-room (in a bath).
Origins
From vapōr (“vapor”) + -ārium (of purpose), via *vapōrārius (relating to vapor).
In English words that came into English from vapōrārium
- vaporariumvapōrārium