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(Latin; pl. latrinae: washing place, privy, private Roman toilet). Contracted from lavatrina (“place to bathe”), from lavo (“wash, bathe”). Latrina were located in private homes or some other private space and not accessible to the public at large. The word that best denotes a public toilet is forica. Foricae were larger, multi-holed, and found in public areas such as theatres. Although forica and latrina refer to different types of Roman toilets, the word, “latrinae,” and its modern equivalent, “latrine,” have evolved to refer to any large, public bathroom.