trifurcifer

ἀγαθοὶ δὲ ἐγένοντο διὰ τὸ φῦναι ἐξ ἀγαθῶν → they were virtuous because they were sprung from virtuous men, virtuous they were because they were sprung from men of virtue

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

trĭ-furcĭfer: ĕri, m. id.,
I an arch rogue, arrant knave, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 47; id. Rud. 3, 4, 29; cf. trifur.

trĭfurcĭfĕr,¹⁶ ĕrī, m., triple pendard : Pl. Aul. 326 ; Rud. 734.

trifurcifer, ferī, m. (ter u. furcifer), ein Erzschelm, Erzhalunke, Plaut. aul. 326 u. rud. 734 sq.