furcula
Οὕτως γὰρ ἠγάπησεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν κόσμον, ὥστε τὸν Υἱὸν τὸν μονογενῆ ἔδωκεν, ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων εἰς Αὐτὸν μὴ ἀπόληται ἀλλ᾽ ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον → For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life (John 3:16)
Latin > English
furcula furculae N F :: forked prop; forks (pl.), narrow pass (esp. the Caudine Forks)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
furcŭla: ae, f.
dim. furca, II..
I A forked prop to support a wall when undermined: suspenso furculis ab hostibus muro, Liv. 38, 7, 9.—
II Furculae Caudinae, two lofty (fork-shaped) defiles near Caudium, where the Roman army, in the year A.U.C. 434, was hemmed in by the Samnites, now Casale di Forchia, Liv. 9, 2; 11; Flor. 1, 16; v. Caudium.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
furcŭla, æ, f., dim. de furca, petite fourche ; étançon : Liv. 38, 7, 9 || furculæ Caudīnæ Liv. 9, 2, 6 ; 9, 11, 3, les fourches Caudines [deux défilés près de Caudium où l’armée romaine fut enfermée par les Samnites].
Latin > German (Georges)
furcula, ae, f. (Demin. v. furca), I) = furcilla, eine gabelförmige Stütze, Liv. 38, 7, 9: zum Aufrechthalten der Netze, die Forkel (Firkel), Porphyr. Hor. epod. 2, 33 (wo vulg. forculae). – II) ein enger Paß in Gestalt eines V, furculae Caudinae, Liv. 9, 2, 6; 9, 11, 3. Flor. 1, 16, 9, Eutr. 2, 9 (vgl. Caudium).
Latin > Chinese
furcula, ae. f. :: 小杈
