clibanus

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

clībănus, i, m., = κλίβανος,

I an earthen or iron vessel for baking bread , broader at the bottom than at the top , Plin. 18, 11, 27, § 105; 20, 9, 39, § 99; cf. Col. 5, 10, 4; id. Arb. 19, 2; Cels. 2, 17; 3, 21 al.—As a utensil of the rich, also of silver, Petr. 35, 6.—

II Generally, an oven or furnace , Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 30; Sulpic. Sev. Dial. 1, 18.