foculus
τὸ δὲ ποιεῖν ἄνευ νοῦ ἃ δοκεῖ καὶ σὺ ὁμολογεῖς κακὸν εἶναι: ἢ οὔ → but doing what one thinks fit without intelligence is—as you yourself admit, do you not?—an evil
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
