Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Focarius
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich.
FOCA'RIUS. One of the lowest class of household slaves, attached to the kitchen department, where he had to attend to the fire, and probably perform the common drudgery of the place. Ulp. Dig. 4. 9. 1.
2. Focaria. A female slave employed in the above services; a kitchen-maid. Ulp. Dig. 33. 7. 12. Pomp. ib. 15.