fornacalis

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

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.

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