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furcula

furcula · f

A forked prop

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Where it lives

Epitome Rerum Romanorum 1 · 0.38/10k
Ab urbe condita 7 · 0.14/10k

What it meant

furcŭla — Lewis & Short

furcŭla, ae, f.dim.furca, II..

I A forked prop to support a wall when undermined: suspenso furculis ab hostibus muro, Liv. 38, 7, 9.—

II Furculae Caudinae, two lofty (fork-shaped) defiles near Caudium, where the Roman army, in the year A.U.C. 434, was hemmed in by the Samnites, now Casale di Forchia, Liv. 9, 2; 11; Flor. 1, 16; v. Caudium.

In the wild

furculas Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.9.14.10
furculas Florus, Epitome Rerum Romanorum 1.11.16.9
furculas Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.9.2.6
furculas Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.9.11.3
Furculas Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.22.14.12
Furculas Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.25.6.10

6 of 8 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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