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|lshtext=<b>furcŭla</b>: ae, f.<br /> [[dim]]. [[furca]], II..<br /><b>I</b> A [[forked]] [[prop]] to [[support]] a [[wall]] [[when]] undermined: suspenso furculis ab hostibus [[muro]], Liv. 38, 7, 9.—<br /><b>II</b> 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]].
|lshtext=<b>furcŭla</b>: ae, f.<br /> [[dim]]. [[furca]], II..<br /><b>I</b> A [[forked]] [[prop]] to [[support]] a [[wall]] [[when]] undermined: suspenso furculis ab hostibus [[muro]], Liv. 38, 7, 9.—<br /><b>II</b> 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]].
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>furcŭla</b>, æ, f., dim. de [[furca]], petite fourche ; étançon : Liv. 38, 7, 9 || furculæ Caudīnæ Liv. 9, 2, 6 ; 9, 11, 3, les fourches Caudines [deux défilés près de [[Caudium]] où l’armée romaine fut enfermée par les Samnites].
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Revision as of 06:45, 14 August 2017

Latin > English (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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

furcŭla, æ, f., dim. de furca, petite fourche ; étançon : Liv. 38, 7, 9