propnigeum
prŏpnĭgēum, i, n., = προπνίγειον,
- the place before an oven or furnace, the room where a bath was heated (pure Lat. praefurnium), Vitr. 5, 11; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 11.
propnĭgēum (16) (-ŏn), ī, n. (πρό, πνιγεύς), étuve [de bains] : Vitr. Arch. 5, 11, 2 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 2, 17, 11.
PROPNIGEUM
PROPNIGE´UM[BALNEAEVol. 1. p. 279.]
Propnigēum
(προπνιγεῖον). The mouth of a furnace (πνιγεύς); a term equivalent to the Latin praefurnium (Pliny , Epist. ii. 17, 11).