English Explanatory Dictionary

Fornacalia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. 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.

Word forms

Fornacalia Fornicalia

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Fornācālia.

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