Crossword clues for fornax
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
goddess of ovens in ancient Rome, from Latin fornax "furnace, oven, kiln" (see furnace). The dim constellation (representing a chemical furnace) was added by de Lacaille in 1756.
Wikipedia
Fornax is a constellation in the southern sky. Its name is Latin for furnace. It was named by French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1756. Fornax is one of the 88 modern constellations.
In ancient Roman religion, Fornax was the divine personification of the oven (fornax). Her festival, the Fornacalia, was celebrated on February 17 among the thirty curiae, the most ancient divisions of the city made by Romulus from the original three tribes of Rome. The Fornacalia was the second of two festivals involving the curiae, the other being the Fordicidia on April 19. The goddess was probably conceived of to explain the festival, which was instituted for toasting the spelt (Latin far) used to bake sacrificial cakes.
According to traditional Chinese uranography, the modern constellation Fornax is located within the western quadrant of the sky, The White Tiger of the West (西方白虎, Xī Fāng Bái Hǔ).
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 天爐座 (tiān lú zuò), meaning "the heaven furnace constellation".
Usage examples of "fornax".
And I suspect there will be no more interference from Fornax, for each Demon is supreme in his own territory.
Cube realized that the Demon Xanth had been waiting to catch the Demoness Fornax in the act of interfering with the Quest, and finally nailed her.
I understand that this land was won from Demoness Fornax, who is the mistress of contra-terrene matter.
Demoness Fornax tried to blow us off the bridge over the Gap Chasm, but the Demon Xanth stopped her.
This, Evans told me, was a star in a constellation called Fornax from a galaxy known to astronomy as NGC1365.
Demoness Fornax does not acquire the Land of Xanth, and her contraterrene equivalent is transferred to our possession.