calidarium

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin calidārium.

Noun

calidarium (plural calidariums or calidaria)

1. Synonym of caldarium.
   • 1765 March 10, T[obias] Smollett, “Letter XXXII”, in Travels through France and Italy. […], volume II, London: […] R[oberts] Baldwin, […], published 1766, →OCLC, pages 135–136:

     The thermæ conſiſted of a great variety of parts and conveniences; […] the calidaria, where the water was warmed for the baths; […]

   • 1834, The Right Hon. Lord Lytton [i.e. Edward Bulwer-Lytton], The Last Days of Pompeii, London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., Ltd, page 59:

     From this place the party again diverged, according to their several fancies, some to the sudatorium, which answered the purpose of our vapour-baths, and thence to the warm-bath itself; those more accustomed to exercise, and capable of dispensing with so cheap a purchase of fatigue, resorted at once to the calidarium, or water-bath.

   • 1977, Alberto C[arlo] Carpiceci, translated by Michael Hollingworth, Pompeii Nowadays and 2000 Years Ago, Firenze: Bonechi Edizioni, page 60:

     Between the two calidariums serving the mens's^[sic] and women's sections is the heating plant where the furnace and the three big cylindrical boilers (one for warm, one for hot and one for very

   • 2015, M. K. Hume, The Blood of Kings (Tintagel; 1), London: Headline Review, →ISBN, page 162:

     A container of fine oil had been left on a shelf near the calidarium, so the king and the tribune helped themselves to a liberal amount.

   • 2021 March 3, Marinella Bandini, “Virtually visit the Basilica of St. Cecilia in Trastevere, built over the martyr's home”, in Aleteia‎^[1], archived from the original on 2022-12-03:

     Cecilia was killed at her home, the remains of which are under the basilica. She was locked up for three days in the calidarium, the area of the steam baths, so she would suffocate.