plunge bath
plunge bath:
1. piscīna (a swimming-bath, either hot or cold): Suet. Ner. 27: Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 11: v. Gierig ad 1.
2. nătātio (any kind of swimming-place, natural or artificial; whereas the piscīna was part of a bathing establishment): Cels. 3, 27, 1.
3. pŭteus (a well-like bath or tank of cold water: often taken after exercise in the calida piscina): Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 25.
1. piscīna (a swimming-bath, either hot or cold): Suet. Ner. 27: Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 11: v. Gierig ad 1.
2. nătātio (any kind of swimming-place, natural or artificial; whereas the piscīna was part of a bathing establishment): Cels. 3, 27, 1.
3. pŭteus (a well-like bath or tank of cold water: often taken after exercise in the calida piscina): Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 25.