focarius

fŏcārĭus, ii, m., and fŏcārĭa, ae, f. [focus], a kitchen-boy; a kitchen-maid, cook.

• I Lit., Dig. 4, 9, 1, § 5; 33, 7, 12; 15; Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 37; Vulg. 1 Reg. 8, 13.—
• II Transf.: focaria, a housekeeper, concubine, Cod. Just. 5, 16, 2; Inscr. Orell. 2671 sq.

focārius, a, um (focus), zum Herde gehörig, Herd-, subst., a) focārius, iī, m., der Küchendiener, Ulp. dig. 4, 9, 1. § 5. – b) focāria, ae, f., die Küchenmagd, Ulp. dig. 33, 7, 12. § 5. Pompon. dig. 33, 7, 15 pr. Paul. sent. 3, 6, 37. – insbes. = die Zuhälterin (Haushälterin) eines Soldaten, Cod. Iust. 5, 16, 2 u. 6, 46, 3.

1 focarius v. focacius

2 focarius [CLas sb. f. & m.] 1 having a hearth, provided w. a fireplace, domestic. b (as sb. f. or n.) hearth, fireplace. 1214 edificavit idem Rannulfus in pastura illa ‥ xxix domos ~ias cum duabus familiis CurR VII 271.  b c1175 sciatis ‥ me dedisse ‥ duas karectas ‥ ad trahendam ramillam de landis parci et kaetam de mortuo bosco ad ~ium ‥ monachorum Cart. Colne f. 16v; 1201 sciatis nos concessisse ‥ ligna ad ~ium RChart 86; 1437 cum camera, coquina et ~ia infra domum operacionum eidem mansioni pertinent’ quam ‥ Lodowicus nuper valettus armature habuit Pat 441 m. 30; 1438 in stipendio j hominis facientis ij ~ia in domo Ricardi B. et in domo Roberti S. ad thascam, viij d. Comp. Swith. 445; hoc ~ium, A. harthe, ‥ a hartstone WW; the harth of a fire, ~ium Levins Manip. 34. 2 for striking sparks, for kindling fire. †patra [l. petra], ~ia, flint GlC P 313; pirites vel ~is lapis, fyrstan Ælf. Gl. 148; 9‥ petra ~ia, fyrstan, flint WW. 3 concerned w. hearth-keeper’s duties. b (as sb. m.) kitchen boy, hearth-keeper, stoker, fueller; c (as serjeanty). minister ~ius continue circulo xv dierum screationes subtus et prope formas mundabit Obed. Abingd. 384.  b ille lavander adest, etiamque focarius ille Alcuin Carm. 8. 5; ~ius, fyrbeta Ælf. Gl. 127 (= GlH F 585); Ansgerius ~ius habet j mansionem Dom. Exon. 477b; c1135 ~ius in domo semper commedet Domus Reg. 134; ignis quippe ille ~ium vult habere sollicitum qui ligna cedat et in ignem comportet J. Ford Serm. 103. 9; 1181 Herveo ~io lx s. et x d. per breve regis Pipe 93; 1198 Reginaldo ~io camere regis xxv s. Ib. 183; 1322 ~ius coquine, qui debet bis in ebdomada mundare coquinam DCCant. Register/J 511; ~ius bracini Ib. Register/J 513; hic ~ius, a fewyller WW.  c 1242 Reginaldus ~ius tenet quoddam tenementum in S. per serjantiam quod sit ~ius domini regis (AssizeR) Fees app. p. 1382. 4 (as sb. f.) woman who shares one's hearth and home, concubine. b (as adj.) concubinary, who keeps a concubine; c (as sb. m.). s1135 ~ie canonicorum Londonie lubrice tractantur apud turrim Ann. Dunstable 15; presbyter ‥ fornicariam et ~iam suam palam ad focam, palam thorum ‥ tenens Gir. GE II 18 p. 254; individuam thori sociam et in foco ~iam habuit et in cubiculo concubinam Id. JS sup. 145; 1199 non fuit sponsa Stephani sed ~ia CurR RC II 103; 1200 ne clerici ‥ ~ias habeant Conc. Syn. 1067; quidam ~ias habent, quidam alienis uxoribus abutuntur P. Blois Serm. 723A; mannum frenantes, jumentaque [gl.: meretrices, ~ias, concubinas] sepe plicantes Garl. Mor. Scol. 242; cum ‥ sacerdos in crepusculo rediret de ~ia sua Latin Stories 124; 1520 ~ias et concubinas publice detinentes Conc. Scot. I cclxxi.  b sedit Alexander II, qui plus omnibus infestus erat presbyteris ~iis R. Niger Chr. II 153.  c Walterus T. episcopus [S. Andree] effectus [1386] ‥ corripuit seculares ‥ et ab omni lenocinio per totam diocesim restrinxit ~ios ‥ ut ibi nequaquam esset ‥ clericus qui perceptibiliter vel publice concubinam tenuit Fordun Cont. VI 46.

fŏcārĭus, ĭī, m. (focus), cuisinier, marmiton : Ulp. Dig. 4, 9, 1, 5.

focarius , ii. m.
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