The corpus record — Latin

furcifer

furcifer · m

a yoke-bearer

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Where it lives

Pro Rege Deiotaro 1 · 2.56/10k
Asinaria 2 · 2.48/10k
Captivi 2 · 2.31/10k
In P. Vatinium testem interrogatio 1 · 2.23/10k
Mostellaria 2 · 2.08/10k
Amphitruo 2 · 2.03/10k
Eunuchus 2 · 1.84/10k
Pseudolus 2 · 1.81/10k
Casina 1 · 1.29/10k
Andria 1 · 1.02/10k
In L. Calpurnium Pisonem 1 · 0.92/10k
Poenulus 1 · 0.91/10k

Densest 12 of 20 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

furcĭfer — Lewis & Short

furcĭfer, ĕri, m.furca+fero; acc. to furca, II. B.,

I a yoke-bearer, as a term of vituperation, usually of slaves, gallows rogue, hang-dog, rascal: impudice, sceleste, verbero, bustirape, furcifer, Sociofraude, parricida, etc., Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 127; id. Am. 1, 1, 129; id. As. 2, 4, 78; id. Capt. 3, 4, 31; id. Most. 1, 1, 66; 5, 2, 50; id. Mil. 2, 6, 64; id. Ps. 1, 2, 59 al.; Ter. And. 3, 5, 12 Don.; id. Eun. 4, 7, 28; 5, 2, 23; 5, 6, 19; Cic. Deiot. 9, 26; Hor. S. 2, 7, 22 et saep.— Of freemen: id tu tibi, furcifer, sumes, Cic. Vatin. 6, 15; of Piso, id. Pis. 7, 14.

Where it came from

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