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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=furcifer furciferi N M :: yoke-bearer; rascal, scoundrel, gallows bird/rogue
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>furcĭfer</b>: ĕri, m. [[furca]]+[[fero]]; acc. to [[furca]], II. B.,<br /><b>I</b> 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.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>furcĭfĕr</b>,¹² ĕrī, m. ([[furca]], [[fero]]), pendard, coquin : Pl. Most. 1172 ; Capt. 563 ; Ter. Eun. 989 ; Cic. Dej. 26 &#124;&#124; <b>-ĕra</b>, æ, f., coquine : Petr. 132, 8.||<b>-ĕra</b>, æ, f., coquine : Petr. 132, 8.
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{{Georges
|georg=furcifer, [[fera]] ([[furca]] u. [[fero]]), I) masc. [[furcifer]], der Gabelkreuzträger (s. furcano. II, B), [[als]] Schimpfwort, Galgenstrick, [[Komik]]., Cic. u. Sen. rhet. – II) fem. (im obszönen Sinne) [[furcifera]] (sc. [[pars]] corporis), das männliche [[Glied]], Petron. poët. 132, 8.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=furcifer, eri. m. :: [[帶枷者]]
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