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fornax | Fornax (noun F) : cf.: fornus and furnus, Gr. πῦρ
* A furnace, oven, kiln (cf. also: caminus, clibanus, focus): in ardentibus fornacibus,Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 103: calcaria,Cato, R. R. 38; Plin. 17, 9, 6, § 53: aeraria,id. 11, 36, 42, § 119: calidae,Lucr. 6, 148; cf.: recoquunt patrios fornacibus enses,Verg. A. 7, 636: balinei,Dig. 19, 2, 58.—Poet. transf. of Aetna: vastae Aetnae fornaces,i. e. craters,Lucr. 6, 681: vidimus undantem ruptis fornacibus Aetnam,Verg. G. 1, 472: quae sulfureis ardet fornacibus Aetne,Ov. M. 15, 340.
* Personified: , the goddess that presided over ovens, the ovengoddess, for whom Numa is said to have instituted an especial festival (v. fornacalis, II.), Ov. F. 2, 525 sq.; Lact. 1, 20, 35.
* A furnace, oven, kiln (cf. also: caminus, clibanus, focus): in ardentibus fornacibus,Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 103: calcaria,Cato, R. R. 38; Plin. 17, 9, 6, § 53: aeraria,id. 11, 36, 42, § 119: calidae,Lucr. 6, 148; cf.: recoquunt patrios fornacibus enses,Verg. A. 7, 636: balinei,Dig. 19, 2, 58.—Poet. transf. of Aetna: vastae Aetnae fornaces,i. e. craters,Lucr. 6, 681: vidimus undantem ruptis fornacibus Aetnam,Verg. G. 1, 472: quae sulfureis ardet fornacibus Aetne,Ov. M. 15, 340.
* Personified: , the goddess that presided over ovens, the ovengoddess, for whom Numa is said to have instituted an especial festival (v. fornacalis, II.), Ov. F. 2, 525 sq.; Lact. 1, 20, 35.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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