hearth Copy link • hearth: nearest word., fŏcus (a grate; stationary or moveable): to sit by the h., ad f. sedere, Cic.: v. fireside. Phr.: the logs were burning on the open h., *ligna in aperto camino ardebant.
HEARTH Copy link • HEARTHfocus. One’s paternal hearth, focus patrius: domus patria (one’s paternal house): to fight for hearth and home, pro aris et focis pugnare, pro tectis moenibusque dimicare (of the inhabitants of a country).