different between frigidarium vs caldarium

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fr?gid?rium, from fr?gidus (“cold”).

Noun

frigidarium (plural frigidaria)

1. (historical, Ancient Rome) In Ancient Roman baths, a room with a bath of cold water.

See also

• caldarium
• tepidarium
• thermae

French

Noun

frigidarium m (plural frigidariums)

1. frigidarium

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin cald?rium (“room containing warm water for bathing”), substantive of cald?rius (“of, pertaining to or suitable for bathing”), from caldus (“warm, hot”) + -?rius, alternative form of calidus, from cale? (“I am warm or hot; glow”).

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.

French

Noun

caldarium m (plural caldariums)

1. caldarium

Latin

Alternative forms

• calid?rium

Etymology

From caldus (“warm in temperature”, alternative form of calidus) +? -?rium (improperly for an adjective), via *cald?rius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kal?da?.ri.um/, [kä???d?ä??i???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kal?da.ri.um/, [k?l??d????ium]

Noun

cald?rium n (genitive cald?ri? or cald?r?); second declension

1. A warm bath.

   Synonym: cald?ria

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

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms

Descendants

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