cămīnus (noun M) = ἡ κάμινος: [Germ. Kamin; Fr. chemine/e; Engl. chimney]
* A furnace.
* A smelting-furnace for the working of metals, a forge, Ov. M. 7, 106; Pers. 5, 10; Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 69; 35, 6, 16, § 35: crescunt (patrimonia) incude assiduā semperque ardente camino, i. e.,by incessant labor,Juv. 14, 118.
* Poet., the forge or smithy of Vulcan and the Cyclopes, under Aetna, Verg. A. 3, 580; 6, 630; 8, 418; Ov. F. 4, 473; Plin. 2, 106, 110, § 237.
* A furnace for heating an apartment, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 19; Suet. Vit. 8.—Hence
* Meton. = ignis, fire: camino luculento uti,Cic. Fam. 7, 10, 2; Hor. S. 1, 5, 81; Sen. Thyest. 766.
* Prov.: oleum addere camino,to pour oil upon the fire, to aggravate an evil,Hor. S. 2, 3, 321.

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