Fornax

[ fawr-naks ]

noun

, genitive For·nac·is [fawr-, nas, -is, -, ney, -sis].

1. Astronomy. the Furnace, a small southern constellation south of Cetus and Eridanus.

Fornax

/ ˈfɔːnæks /

noun

1. a faint constellation in the S hemisphere lying between Cetus and Phoenix

Word History and Origins

Origin of Fornax¹

< Latin: literally, furnace, kiln, oven

Word History and Origins

Origin of Fornax¹

Latin: oven, kiln

Example Sentences

The Romans also worshipped a goddess of the earth and of fire under the common name of Fornax, dea fornacalis.

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The word is common to all the Romance tongues, appearing in more or less modified forms of the Latin fornax.

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Mount tna is derived very truly by Bochart from Aituna, fornax; as being a reservoir of molten matter.

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Like its congener, A. fornax is reported only from the hotter parts of Texas.

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Throughout the book the cupellation furnace is styled the secunda fornax (Glossary, Treibeherd).

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