Etymology

laconicum

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Today it means: A hot dry sweating room, next to the caldarium in the Roman baths. Full definition →

Latin Lacōnicum
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromLacōnicum“sweating room”
  2. English todaylaconicum

From Latin Lacōnicum (“sweating room”, literally “Spartan [bath]”).

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