different between goddess vs fornax

English

Etymology

From Middle English goddesse, equivalent to god +? -ess, formed about 1350. The figurative meaning is first found in Spenser's Shepheardes calender (1579).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: g?d'?s, enPR: gäd'?s, IPA^(key): /???d?s/, /-?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???d?s/
• Hyphenation: god?dess

Noun

goddess (plural goddesses)

1. (religion) A female deity.
2. (figuratively) A woman honored or adored as physically attractive or of superior charm and intelligence.
3. (figuratively) A woman of substantial authority or influence.

Hypernyms

• (female deity): deity, divinity, god
• (certain woman): woman

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• heaven

Latin

Alternative forms

• furn?x

Etymology

Related to furnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?for.na?ks/, [?f?rnä?ks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?for.naks/, [?f?rn?ks]

Noun

forn?x f (genitive forn?cis); third declension

1. a furnace, oven, kiln

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Synonyms

• (oven): furnus

Derived terms

Related terms

• furnus

Descendants

References

• fornax in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fornax in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fornax in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• fornax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• fornax in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fornax in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• fornax in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin