fornacalis

fornācālis, e, adj. [fornax], of or belonging to ovens.

• I Adj.: dea, i. e. the goddess Fornax (v. fornax, II.), Ov. F. 6, 314.—
• II Subst.: Fornācālĭa, ium, n., the festival of the goddess Fornax, instituted, according to the fable, by Numa; the oven or baking festival, Plin. 18, 2, 2, § 8; Ov. F. 2, 527; Lact. 1, 20; Paul. ex Fest. p. 83 and 93 Müll.

fornācālis, e (fornax), zum Ofen gehörig, Ofen-, dea, die Göttin der Backöfen (Fornax), Ov. fast. 6, 314. – subst., Fornācālia, ium, n., das von Numa eingesetzte Fest der Öfengöttin, eine Art Dankfest für den ersten Genuß des neu gewonnenen Getreides, Varro LL. 6, 13. Ov. fast. 2, 527. Plin. 18, 8. Lact. 1, 20, 35. Fest. 253 (a), 16. Paul. ex Fest. 83, 8 u. 93, 11.

fornacalis [CL = of an oven] , (as sb. n.) implement for an oven. ~ia ‥ vocamus instrumenta ad opus fornacis aptata Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 223.

fornacalis dea
窰女神。

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fornācālis e, adj.

• fornax, of ovens: dea, i. e. the goddessFornax, O.—Plurn. as subst., the festival of Fornax, baking festival, O.