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furnus

furnus · m

an oven

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De Re Coquinaria 26 · 16.58/10k
Epidicus 1 · 1.54/10k
Casina 1 · 1.29/10k
Epistulae 1 · 1.01/10k
Satyrarum libri 1 · 0.7/10k
Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
Satyricon 1 · 0.33/10k
Fasti 1 · 0.32/10k
Naturalis Historia 12 · 0.3/10k
De Architectura 1 · 0.17/10k
Adversus Marcionem 1 · 0.12/10k

What it meant

1. furnus — Lewis & Short

furnus (fornus, Varr. ap. i, m.Sanscr. ghar-, to lighten; cf.: fornus, fornax, and v. formus,

Non. 531, 32),

I an oven (syn.: caminus, fornax, clibanus): in furnum calidum condito, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 1: malim istius modi mi amicos furno mersos quam foro, id. Ep. 1, 2, 16; Varr. l. l.; Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 48; 19, 1, 3, § 18; 20, 9, 39, § 99; Ov. F. 6, 313. Used by the Romans as a warming-place, Hor. S. 1, 4, 36; id. Ep. 1, 11, 13.

2. furnus — Walde–Hofmann

furnus, alt fornus s. fornür. — Uber Spuren von fornus im Rom. s. M. L. Wagner RLR. 4, 13; aus furnus entl. alb. fure f., fur m. „Ofen“. — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. furnus, p. 602]

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. furnus (scan p. 272; entry #4267).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. furnus (scan p. 602; entry #1192).

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