FORNICALIA

FORNICALIA
FORNICALIA
feriae a Romanis farris torrendi gratiâ institutae, quibus ad fornacem in pistrinis sacrificium fieri solebat; di cta a Fornace Dea, in cuius honorem haec erant instituta, et celebrabantur 12. Calend. Mart. Miratur vir doctissimus in Lex. Philologico, in lexico veteri Fornacem statui Deam: nempe non veniebat ei in mentem Ovid. illud, in erudito de Fastis opere, l. 6. v. 314.
Et Fornacali sunt sua sacra Deae.
Item hoc eiusdem in l. 2. v. 525.
Facta Dea est Fornax laeti Fornace coloni
Orant, ut fruges temperet illa suas.
Nic. Lloydius.

Hofmann J. Lexicon universale. 1698.

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  • Fornicalia — noun a) 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. b) California …   Wiktionary

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