caminus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

cămīnus, i, m., = ἡ κάμινος [Germ. Kamin; Fr. cheminée; Engl. chimney], a furnace.

I A smelting-furnace for the working of metals , a forge , Ov. M. 7, 106; Pers. 5, 10; Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 69; 35, 6, 16, § 35: crescunt (patrimonia) incude assiduā semperque ardente camino, i. e., by incessant labor , Juv. 14, 118.—

B Poet., the forge or smithy of Vulcan and the Cyclopes , under Aetna , Verg. A. 3, 580; 6, 630; 8, 418; Ov. F. 4, 473; Plin. 2, 106, 110, § 237.—

II A furnace for heating an apartment , Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 19; Suet. Vit. 8.—Hence,

B Meton. = ignis, fire : camino luculento uti, Cic. Fam. 7, 10, 2; Hor. S. 1, 5, 81; Sen. Thyest. 766.—

C Prov.: oleum addere camino, to pour oil upon the fire , to aggravate an evil , Hor. S. 2, 3, 321.

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