praefurnium
praefurnĭum, i, n. [prae-furnus].
- The opening of a furnace, the door by which fuel is admitted: si uno praefurnio coques, Cato R. R. 38, 1.—
- II The heating-room, or hot anteroom of a bath, = προπνιγεῖον, Vitr. 5, 10, 2; 7, 10.
praefurnium, iī, n. (furnus), der Heizplatz, das Heizloch, Ofenloch, Cato r. r. 38. – im Bade = προπνιγεῖον (propnigeum), der Heizraum, Vitr. 5, 10 (11), 2 u.a. Compend. Vitr. 16. p. 300, 5 Rose.
præfurnĭum, (14) ĭī, n. (præ, furnus), bouche de four : Cato Agr. 38, 1 || chambre de chauffe [dans les bains] : Vitr. Arch. 5, 10, 2.
Suspensura. Epist. ann. 1589. apud Ludewig. tom. 6. Reliq. MSS. pag. 330 :
Pulveres ita submovisset, ac Præfurnia eorumdemapud Brechæum in Prompt. ad Consuet. Tolos. tit. 1. artic. 13.(furnellorum) diligenter obstruxisset. Præfurnum,
PRAEFURNIUM
PRAEFU´RNIUM[BALNEAEVol. I p. 273; FORNAX]
Praefurnium
The mouth of a furnace, through which the fuel was introduced (Cato , R. R. 38, 1).