† thermae, ārum, f. (sc. aquae), = θερμὰ ὕδατα,
- I. warm springs, warm baths (natural or artificial; cf.: tepula aqua): Agrippae, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 62; 35, 4, 9, § 26; 36, 25, 64, § 189: Neronianae, Mart. 7, 34, 5; 12, 84, 5; cf. Sen. Ep. 122, 8.
- B. = thermopolium, q. v. Juv. 8, 168.
- II. As nom. prop.: Thermae, = Θέρμαι, a town in Sicily, near Himera, now Termini, Mel. 2, 7, 16; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 90; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 85 sq.; Sil. 14, 232.
Hence, Thermitānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thermæ, Thermitan: homo, of or from Thermæ, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 83.
In plur.: Thermi-tāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Thermæ, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 42, § 99.