A dictionary of Greek and Roman . s M HR Q lira. III S@SHI CAUS some respects as to the order in which the bathsshould be taken ; the former recommending first thehot air of the Laconicum (aepi &), next thebath of warm water (vdcop ^ and Xovrpov*),afterwards the cold, and finally to be well rubbed * Aovrpov. In this passage it is plain that theword Kovrpov is used for a warm bath, in whichsense it also occurs in the same author. Vitruvius(v. 11), on the contrary, says that the Greeks usedthe same word to signify a cold bath (frigidalavatio, quann Graeci Aovrpov voci
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . s M HR Q lira. III S@SHI CAUS some respects as to the order in which the bathsshould be taken ; the former recommending first thehot air of the Laconicum (aepi &), next thebath of warm water (vdcop ^ and Xovrpov*),afterwards the cold, and finally to be well rubbed * Aovrpov. In this passage it is plain that theword Kovrpov is used for a warm bath, in whichsense it also occurs in the same author. Vitruvius(v. 11), on the contrary, says that the Greeks usedthe same word to signify a cold bath (frigidalavatio, quann Graeci Aovrpov vocitant). The con-tradiction between the two authors is here pointedout, for the purpose of showing the impossibility,as well as impropriety, of attempting to affix oneprecise meaning to each of the different terms (Gcden,DeMethodoMedendi, x. 10. p. 708, 709, ) ; whilst the iatter recommends his patientsfirst to sweat for a short time in the tepid chamber(tepidarium), without undressing ; then to proceedinto the thermal chamber (ealidarium), and aft
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