βαλανεῖον

A. bath, bathing-room, Ar. Nu. 837,1054, etc.; β. δημόσιον BGU 1130.9 (i B. C.): more freq. in pl., Ar. Nu. 991, Eq. 1401, etc.

2. bath taken, Aristo Stoic. 1.88, Gal. 11.46.—Prose word for poet. λουτρά.