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lăvātĭo , ōnis, f. id.,
I.a washing, bathing, bath.
I. In abstr.: “quid ea messis attinet ad meam lavationem?” Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 4; Cic. ap. Col. 12, 3, 2: “lavatio calida et pueris et senibus apta est,” Cels. 1, 3, § 71; 79; cf.: “boves lavatione calidae aquae traduntur pinguescere,” Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 178.—
II. Transf.
A. Bathing apparatus: “ut lavatio parata sit,” Cic. Fam. 9, 5, 3: “argentea,” Phaedr. 4, 5, 22; Dig. 34, 2, 25, § 10. —
B. A bathing-place, bathing-room, bath: in versura porticus frigida lavatio, quam Graeci λουτρὸν vocitant, Vitr. 5, 11; Dig. 19, 2, 30, § 1; Inscr. Grut. 444, 8; 473, 1 al.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 9.5.3
    • Plautus, Mostellaria, 1.3
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 5.11
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 1.3
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 79
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