frigidarium

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin frīgidārium, from frīgidus (“cold”). Doublet of frigidaire.

Noun

frigidarium (plural frigidaria)

1. (historical, Ancient Rome) In Ancient Roman baths, a room with a bath of cold water.

See also

• caldarium
• tepidarium
• thermae

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin frīgidārium. Doublet of frigidaire.

Noun

frigidarium m (plural frigidariums)

1. frigidarium

Further reading

• “frigidarium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Etymology

From frīgidus (“cold”) +‎ -ārium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /friː.ɡiˈdaː.ri.um/, [friːɡɪˈd̪äːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fri.d͡ʒiˈda.ri.um/, [frid͡ʒiˈd̪äːrium]

Noun

frīgidārium Aquīs Sulis

frīgidārium n (genitive frīgidāriī or frīgidārī); second declension

1. frigidarium (cold room in Roman baths)

   Coordinate terms: apodytērium, caldārium, Lacōnicum, tepidārium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	frīgidārium	frīgidāria
genitive	frīgidāriī frīgidārī1	frīgidāriōrum
dative	frīgidāriō	frīgidāriīs
accusative	frīgidārium	frīgidāria
ablative	frīgidāriō	frīgidāriīs
vocative	frīgidārium	frīgidāria

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• “frigidarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• frigidarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.