cămīnus — Lewis and Short Latin Dictionary

cămīnus, i, m., = ἡ κάμινος [Germ. Kamin; Fr. chemine/e; Engl. chimney], a furnace. A smelting-furnace for the working of metals, a forge, Ov. M. 7, 106; Pers. 5, 10; Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 69; 35, 6, 16, § 35: crescunt (patrimonia) incude assiduā semperque ardente camino, i. e., by incessant labor, Juv. 14, 118.— Poet., the forge or smithy of Vulcan and the Cyclopes, under Ætna, Verg. A. 3, 580; 6, 630; 8, 418; Ov. F. 4, 473; Plin. 2, 106, 110, § 237.— A furnace for heating an apartment, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 19; Suet. Vit. 8.—Hence, Meton. = ignis, fire: camino luculento uti, Cic. Fam. 7, 10, 2; Hor. S. 1, 5, 81; Sen. Thyest. 766.— Prov.: oleum addere camino, to pour oil upon the fire, to aggravate an evil, Hor. S. 2, 3, 321.

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cămīnus

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cămīnus

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caminus

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