bĭfurcus — Lewis & Short
bĭfurcus, a, um, adj.bis-furca,
I having two prongs or points, two-pronged:
ramus,two-forked, Ov. M. 12, 442:
surculi,Col. 5, 11, 3:
ferramentum,id. 3, 18, 6:
arbores,Plin. 16, 30, 53, § 122:
valli,Liv. 33, 5, 9.— Also, subst.: bĭfurcum, i, n., a fork, Col. 3, 18, 6.—Trop., of the place where two branches start, Col. 4, 24, 10.—Of the connection of two veins upon the head of draught-cattle, Veg. 2, 40, 2;
hence, sudor mihi per bifurcum volabat,over the cheeks down to the neck, Petr. 62.