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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=fornax fornacis N F :: furnace/oven/kiln; (baths/smelting/limestone/brick); (goddess of ovens?)
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>fornax</b>: ācis, f. cf.: [[fornus]] and [[furnus]], Gr. πῦρ,<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> Personified: Fornax, 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.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>fornāx</b>,¹¹ ācis, f., four, fourneau : Cic. Nat. 1, 103 ; [four à chaux, à poterie, etc.] [[Cato]] Agr. 38 ; Plin. 17, 53 &#124;&#124; fournaise de l’Etna : Lucr. 6, 681 ; Virg. G. 1, 472 &#124;&#124; m., Prisc. Gramm. 5, 42.||fournaise de l’Etna : Lucr. 6, 681 ; Virg. G. 1, 472||m., Prisc. Gramm. 5, 42.
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{{Georges
|georg=fornāx, ācis, Genet. Plur. ācium, f. (s. [[formus]]), I) der [[Ofen]] zum Heizen, Dörren, [[Backen]] u. Schmelzen, [[ardens]], Cic.: [[calcaria]], [[Cato]]: [[aeraria]], Plin.: in ipso fornacium ore, Plin.: recoquunt fornacibus enses, Verg. – II) personif., Fornāx = die [[Göttin]] der Backöfen, die [[man]] beim Dörren [[des]] Korns um [[Beistand]] anrief, Ov. [[fast]]. 2, 525. Lact. 1, 20, 35.
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