thermae

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

thermae, ārum, f. (sc. aquae), = θερμὰ ὕδατα,

I warm springs , warm baths (natural or artificial; cf.: tepula aqua): Agrippae, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 62; 35, 4, 9, § 26; 36, 25, 64, § 189: Neronianae, Mart. 7, 34, 5; 12, 84, 5; cf. Sen. Ep. 122, 8.—

B = thermopolium, q. v. Juv. 8, 168.—

II As nom. prop. : Thermae , = Θέρμαι, a town in Sicily , near Himera , now Termini , Mel. 2, 7, 16; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 90; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 85 sq.; Sil. 14, 232.

IV —Hence, Thermitānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thermae , Thermitan : homo, of or from Thermae , Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 83.—In plur.: Thermi-tāni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Thermae , Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 42, § 99.

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