Furnius, One that inuented certaine bessels, which were therfore called Furniana vasa.
Furnus, huius furni, m. g. Plin. An ouen.In furnum condere, Vide CONDO.Mersus furno, Vide MERGO.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Furnĭus, a, name of a Roman gens. 1. C. Furnius, a friend of Cicero, Cic. Fam. 15, 14, 5; 10, 1, 4; id. Att. 9, 6, 6 sq.—2. Furnius, a friend of Horace, Hor. S. 1, 10, 86.
furnus (fornus, Varr. ap. Non. 531, 32), i, m. [Sanscr. ghar-, to lighten; cf.: fornus, fornax, and v. formus], an oven (syn.: caminus, fornax, clibanus): in furnum calidum condito, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 1: malim istius modi mi amicos furno mersos quam foro, id. Ep. 1, 2, 16; Varr. l. l.; Plin. 13, 4, 9, 48; 19, 1, 3, 18; 20, 9, 39, 99; Ov. F. 6, 313. Used by the Romans as a warming-place, Hor. S. 1, 4, 36; id. Ep. 1, 11, 13.