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|lnetxt=balneum balnei N N :: bathroom<br />balneum balneum balnei N N :: bath; bathroom, (public) bath place/rooms (esp. pl.); bathtub; act of bathing | |lnetxt=balneum balnei N N :: bathroom<br />balneum balneum balnei N N :: bath; bathroom, (public) bath place/rooms (esp. pl.); bathtub; act of bathing | ||
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==Wikipedia EN== | |||
Balneum or balineum, derived from the Greek βαλανεῖον signifies, in its primary sense, a bath or bathing-vessel, such as most persons of any consequence among the Romans possessed in their own houses, and hence the chamber which contained the bath, which is also the proper translation of the word balnearium. The diminutive balneolum is adopted by Seneca to designate the bathroom of Scipio in the villa at Liternum, and is expressly used to characterize the modesty of republican manners as compared with the luxury of his own times. But when the baths of private individuals became more sumptuous and comprised many rooms, instead of the one small chamber described by Seneca, the plural balnea or balinea was adopted, which still, in correct language, had reference only to the baths of private persons. Thus, Cicero terms the baths at the villa of his brother Quintus balnearia. | |||