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hypocaustus.

for sweating, especially rooms and baths

11 characters4 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adj[hy.pɔˈkau̯s.tʊs]Classical-Latin[i.poˈkau̯s.tus]
  1. for sweating, especially rooms and baths

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑπόκαυστος (hupókaustos, “heated by a hypocaust”). By surface analysis, hypo- + caustus.

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