furcilla

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

furcilla: ae, f.
dim. furca,
I a little fork: herba subsecari falcibus debet et, quoad perarescat, furcillis versari, Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; 1, 8, 6; Col. 2, 10, 13: quoniam furcillā extrudimur, Brundisium cogito, Cic. Att. 16, 2, 4; cf.: musae furcillis praecipitem eiciunt, Cat. 105, 2.—Also, ‡furcilles, sive ‡furcilla, quibus homines suspendebant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 88 Müll.