latrina

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

lātrīna, ae (collat. forms lăvātrīna, f., and lātrīnum, i, n., Lucil. and Laber. ap. Non. 212, 10 sq.; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. 2, p. 393), f. [contr. from lavatrina, Varr. L. L. 5, § 118 Müll.; 9, § 68 ib.].

I A bath : qui in latrina languet, Lucil. ap. Non. 212, 9.—

II A water-closet, privy , Laber. ap. Non. 212, 10; Plaut. Curc. 4, 4, 24; Suet. Tib. 58; Col. poët. 10, 85.—Form lavatrina, Varr. L. L. 5, § 118 Müll.—

B A brothel : latrinarum antistes, Tert. Pall. 4.