The corpus record — Latin

fala

fala · f

a scaffolding

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Where it lives

Mostellaria 1 · 1.04/10k
Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k

What it meant

făla — Lewis & Short

făla (phal-), ae, f.falae dictae ab altitudine, a falando, quod apud Etruscos significat caelum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 88, 12 Müll.,

I a scaffolding of boards or planks, a scaffold.

I A structure used in sieges, from which missiles were thrown into a city: malos diffindunt, fiunt tabulata falaeque, Enn. ap. Non. 114, 7 (Ann. v. 389 ed. Vahl.).—Prov.: subire sub falas, i. e. to run a great risk for a slight gain, Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 10.—

II One of the seven wooden pillars in the spina of the Circus, Juv. 6, 590; cf. Anthon's Dict. of Antiq. p. 254, a.

In the wild

falas Plautus, Mostellaria 2.1
falas Juvenal, Saturae 2.6.590

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. fala (scan p. 237; entry #3674).

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