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ferculum

ferculum · n

that on which any thing is carried

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Where it lives

Antoninus Heliogabalus 4 · 6.91/10k
Cathemerina 3 · 4.08/10k
Psychomachia 2 · 3.33/10k
Mosella 1 · 3.08/10k
Apotheosis 2 · 2.7/10k
Divus Julius 2 · 2.05/10k
De vita Hadriani 1 · 1.95/10k
De ieiunio adversus psychicos 1 · 1.69/10k
Hamartigenia 1 · 1.56/10k
Carmina 3 · 1.34/10k
Satyricon 4 · 1.31/10k
Saturae 3 · 1.21/10k

Densest 12 of 30 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

fercŭlum — Lewis & Short

fercŭlum (or uncontr. fĕrĭcŭlum, i, n.fero,

Sen. Ep. 90, 15; 122, 3 al.),

I that on which any thing is carried or borne.

I A frame, a barrow, litter, bier for carrying the spoils, the images of the gods, etc., in public processions: spolia ducis hostium caesi suspensa fabricato ad id apte ferculo gerens in Capitolium ascendit, Liv. 1, 10, 5; Suet. Caes. 37; id. Calig. 15: (Caesar) tensam et ferculum Circensi pompa, etc. (recepit), id. Caes. 76: ut pomparum ferculis similes esse videamur, * Cic. Off. 1, 36, 131.—

II A dish on which food is served; and hence a dish or mess of food, a course (perh. not anteAug.; cf.: epulum, daps, commissatio; merenda, prandium, etc.): ubi multa de magna superessent fercula cena, Hor. S. 2, 6, 104: cenae fercula nostrae Malim convivis quam placuisse cocis, Mart. 9, 82; so Petr. 35; 36; Suet. Aug. 74; Plin. 33, 10, 47, § 136; Juv. 1, 94; 7, 184; 11, 64.

In the wild

ferculum Petronius, Satyricon 39
fercula Sidonius Apollinaris, Carmina 17.11
ferculo Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.1.10.5
fercula Historia Augusta, Antoninus Heliogabalus 30
fercula Ausonius, Epistularum 18.17
ferculorum Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 9.1.1

6 of 51 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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