fulcrum
ὃν οὐ τύπτει λόγος οὐδὲ ῥάβδος → if words don't get through, neither a beating will | if the carrot doesn't work, the stick will not work either | whom words do not strike, neither does the rod
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
fulcrum: i, n. fulcio,
I the post or foot of a couch (a bed or an eating-couch), a bedpost: eburnum, Prop. 2, 13, 21 (3, 5, 5 M.); Ov. P. 3, 3, 14; Gell. 10, 15, 14: tricliniorum pedibus fulcrisque, Plin. 34, 2, 4, § 9: aurea fulcra, Verg. A. 6, 604; Suet. Claud. 32; cf. plutei, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 68.—
II Transf. (pars pro toto), a couch at table, bed-lounge, Prop. 4 (5), 7, 3; Juv. 6, 22; 11, 95: plumeum, Amm. 28, 1, 47.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
fulcrum,¹³ ī, n. (fulcio), support, montant de lit, bois de lit : Prop. 2, 13, 21 ; Virg. En. 6, 604 || lit, couche : Prop. 4, 7, 3 ; Juv. 6, 22.
Latin > German (Georges)
fulcrum, ī, n. (fulcio), I) die Stütze des Bettes, das Gestell, der Pfosten, Stollen des Ruhelagers, Speisesofas, Verg. Aen. 6, 604. Prop. 2, 13, 21. Ov. ex Pont. 3, 3, 14: ad fulcra lectorum sedentes, Suet. Claud. 32. – II) meton., das Ruhelager, Speisesofa, Prop. 4, 7, 3. Iuven. 6, 22; 11, 95: fulcro plumeo (Flaumenbett) incubuit, Amm. 28, 1, 47.
