fornaces
Dictionary entries
- Entry →fornax, fornacis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
furnace/oven/kiln; (baths/smelting/limestone/brick); (goddess of ovens?);
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Satura III
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...inde huc omnes tamquam ad vivaria currunt. qua fornace graves, qua non incude catenae? maximus in vinclis ferri..."
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...protectura hiemes atque exclusura pruinas, indomitusque silex curva fornace liquescit. praecipuus sed enim labor est excindere dextra oppositas..."Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...fluit aes rivis aurique metallum vulnificusque chalybs vasta fornace liquescit. ingentem clipeum informant, unum omnia contra tela Latinorum..."Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...solent pleni resonare camini, aut ubi terrena silices fornace soluti concipiunt ignem liquidarum adspergine aquarum, pectora sic intus..."Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...tantos sustinet aestus ferventisque auras velut e fornace profunda ore trahit currusque suos candescere sentit; et neque..."