encathisma

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

encăthisma, ătis, n., = ἐγκάθισμα,

I a sitting bath , Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 18; id. Tard. 5, 4, 69; Sext. Plac. 9, 17.—

II A fomentation , Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, 23.