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Οὐδ' ἄμμε διακρινέει φιλότητος ἄλλο, πάρος θάνατόν γε μεμορμένον ἀμφικαλύψαι → Nor will anything else divide us from our love before the fate of death enshrouds us

Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica, 3.1129f.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

cămīnus: i, m., = ἡ κάμινος [Germ. Kamin; Fr. chemine/e; Engl. chimney,
I a furnace.
I A smelting-furnace for the working of metals, a forge, Ov. M. 7, 106; Pers. 5, 10; Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 69; 35, 6, 16, § 35: crescunt (patrimonia) incude assiduā semperque ardente camino, i. e., by incessant labor, Juv. 14, 118.—
   B Poet., the forge or smithy of Vulcan and the Cyclopes, under Ætna, Verg. A. 3, 580; 6, 630; 8, 418; Ov. F. 4, 473; Plin. 2, 106, 110, § 237.—
II A furnace for heating an apartment, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 19; Suet. Vit. 8.—Hence,
   B Meton. = ignis, fire: camino luculento uti, Cic. Fam. 7, 10, 2; Hor. S. 1, 5, 81; Sen. Thyest. 766.—
   C Prov.: oleum addere camino, to pour oil upon the fire, to aggravate an evil, Hor. S. 2, 3, 321. >

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

cămīnus,¹² ī, m. (κάμινος),
1 fourneau, fournaise : Cato Agr. 37, 5 ; Plin. 33, 69 ; Ov. M. 7, 106