Fornacalia
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin Fornācālia.
Proper noun[edit]
Fornacalia
- An ancient Roman festival in honor of the goddess Fornax. Romans burned spelt (a kind of grain) as an offering on or around February 17th as an offering so that their ovens would not burn during the coming year.
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
fornāx (“oven”) + -ālia, neuter plural of -ālis.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /for.naːˈkaː.li.a/, [fɔrnäːˈkäːlʲiä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /for.naˈka.li.a/, [fornäˈkäːliä]
Proper noun[edit]
Fornācālia n pl (genitive Fornācālium); third declension
- the festival of the goddess Fornax, namely the baking festival Fornacalia
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem), plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Fornācālia |
| Genitive | Fornācālium |
| Dative | Fornācālibus |
| Accusative | Fornācālia |
| Ablative | Fornācālibus |
| Vocative | Fornācālia |
References[edit]
- “Fornacalia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Fornacalia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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