Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
fornax. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
fornax, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
fornax in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
fornax you have here. The definition of the word
fornax will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
fornax, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Latin
Etymology
Related to furnus.
Pronunciation
Noun
fornāx f (genitive fornācis); third declension
- a furnace, oven, kiln
c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE,
Virgil,
Georgics 4.263:
- aestuat ut clausīs rapidus fornācibus ignis
- as the rapacious fire blazes in a sealed furnace
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 8.420:
- strīduntque cavernīs / strictūrae Chalybum et fornācibus ignis anhēlat
- Chalybian ores hiss in the caverns, and from the furnace mouths puff the hot-panting fires
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “fornax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fornax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fornax in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- fornax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “fornax”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “fornax”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- “fornax”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin