fultura

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

fultūra: ae, f. id.,
I a prop, stay, support (perh. not ante-Aug.).
I Lit.: fundamenta pro fultura et substructione fungentur, Col. 1, 5, 9.—In <number opt="n">plur.</number>: Vitr. 10, 22 fin.—
II Transf., a strengthening, refreshing (cf. fulcio, I. B.): deficient inopem venae te, ni cibus atque Ingens accedit stomacho fultura ruenti, Hor. S. 2, 3, 154: cujus (corporis) fulturis animus sustinetur, Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 4.