[L., neuter of Lacōnicus LACONIC, sc. balneum bath.] The sweating-room in the bath, so called from having been first used by the Spartans.
1696. in Phillips (ed. 5).
1832. Gell, Pompeiana, I. v. 86. The hot air of the laconicum.
1857. Birch, Anc. Pottery (1858), II. 226. The upper floor bricks, or tiles … formed the floor of the laconicum.
