furcula
From LSJ
Αὐτάρκης ἔσῃ, ἂν μάθῃς τί τὸ καλὸν κἀγαθόν ἐστι → You will be contented with your lot if you learn what the honourable and good is
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
