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furnus (fornus , Varr. ap. Non. 531, 32), i, m. Sanscr. ghar-, to lighten; cf.: fornus, fornax, and v. formus,
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.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Horace, Satires, 1.4.36
    • Plautus, Casina, 2.5
    • Plautus, Epidicus, 1.2
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 13.48
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 19.18
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 20.99
    • Ovid, Fasti, 6
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