gabalus
From LSJ
Ἔλπιζε τιμῶν τοὺς θεοὺς πράξειν καλῶς → Spera felicitatem, si deos colas → Erhoffe Wohlergeh'n, wenn du die Götter ehrst
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
gābălus: i, m. an old Germ. word, i. q. the modern Gabel (fork); hence, as an instrument of punishment,
I a kind of gallows (syn.: furca, patibulum, crux).
I Lit.: in gabalum aliquem suffigere, Varr. ap. Non. 117, 15.—*
II Transf., as a term of reproach, gallows-bird, hang-dog, Macrin. ap. Capit. Macrin. 11.
