semicupium

English

Etymology

From Latin semi (“half”) + cupa (“tub, cask”).

Noun

semicupium (plural semicupiums or semicupia)

1. (archaic) A half bath, or one that covers only the lower extremities and the hips; a sitz bath.

Translations

• Spanish: semicupio (es)

References

• “semicupium”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.