furcula
ἐάν μή διδάξητε περί ἀρετὴς τούς τό ἀργύριον κλέψαντας, οὐ ταξόμεθα οἱ ὁπλῖται → if you don't teach those who have stolen money a lesson on moral virtue, we, the hoplites, will not line up
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 || 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].
