Fornacalia
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Fornācālia.
Proper noun
Fornacalia
- An ancient Roman festival in honor of the goddess Fornax. Romans burned spelt (a kind of grain) as an offering on or around February 17th as an offering so that their ovens would not burn during the coming year.
Latin
Etymology
fornāx (“oven”) + -ālia, neuter plural of -ālis.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /for.naːˈkaː.li.a/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /for.naˈka.li.a/,
Proper noun
Fornācālia n pl (genitive Fornācālium); third declension
- the festival of the goddess Fornax, namely the baking festival Fornacalia
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem), plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Fornācālia |
| genitive | Fornācālium |
| dative | Fornācālibus |
| accusative | Fornācālia |
| ablative | Fornācālibus |
| vocative | Fornācālia |
References
- “Fornacalia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Fornacalia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers