fŏcŭlus (noun M.n) : m. (in plur. also heterocl. , n., Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 24) dim. focus
* A little hearth, a fire-pan, chafing-dish, brazier.
* Lit.: arrepto carbone exstincto e foculo imaginem in pariete delineavit,Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 14; Cato, R. R. 10, 3; 11, 5: epulas foveri foculis ferventibus,Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 67: dextram accenso ad sacrificium foculo inicit,Liv. 2, 12, 13; cf. Fronto Ep. ad Ver. 6 ed. Mai.—Comically: jam intus ventris fumant foculo, Calefieri jussi reliquias,Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 24.—*
* Transf., fire: bucca foculum excitat,Juv. 3, 262.

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