foculus
Σκηνὴ πᾶς ὁ βίος καὶ παίγνιον: ἢ μάθε παίζειν, τὴν σπουδὴν μεταθείς, ἢ φέρε τὰς ὀδύνας → All life is a stage and a play: either learn to play laying your gravity aside, or bear with life's pains.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
fŏcŭlus: i, m. (in plur. also heterocl. focula, ōrum, n., Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 24)
dim. focus,
I a little hearth, a fire-pan, chafing-dish, brazier.
I Lit.: arrepto carbone exstincto e foculo imaginem in pariete delineavit, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 14; Cato, R. R. 10, 3; 11, 5: epulas foveri foculis ferventibus, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 67: dextram accenso ad sacrificium foculo inicit, Liv. 2, 12, 13; cf. Fronto Ep. ad Ver. 6 ed. Mai.—Comically: jam intus ventris fumant foculo, Calefieri jussi reliquias, Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 24.—*
II Transf., fire: bucca foculum excitat, Juv. 3, 262.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
fŏcŭlus,¹³ ī, m. (focus), petit foyer : Cic. Domo 123 ; Liv. 2, 12, 13 || petit réchaud : Cato Agr. 11, 5 || = feu : Juv. 3, 262.
Latin > German (Georges)
foculus, ī, m. (Demin. v. focus), eine kleine Feuerstätte, a) des Hauses, ein kleiner Herd, Plin. 35, 89. Apul. met. 7, 10. – meton. = Herdfeuer, Iuven. 3, 262. – b) eine kleine Kohlenpfanne zum Wärmen, Cato r. r. 10, 3 u. 11, 5. Amm. 20, 11, 23. – c) eine Opferpfanne, ein Opferherd, kleiner Brandaltar, Varro LL. 6, 14. Cic. de dom. 123. Liv. 2, 12, 13 (wo accenso ad sacrificium foculo). Sen. ep. 66, 48. Fronto ad Ver. imp. 2, 6. p. 133, 7 N. Tert. apol. 9.
Latin > English
foculus foculi N M :: brazier