furcŭla
furcŭla, ae, f. dim. furca, II.. A forked prop to support a wall when undermined: suspenso furculis ab hostibus muro, Liv. 38, 7, 9.— 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.
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Headword (normalized):
furcŭla
Headword (normalized/stripped):
furcula
Intro Text:
furcŭla, ae, f. dim. furca, II.. A forked prop to support a wall when undermined: suspenso furculis ab hostibus muro, Liv. 38, 7, 9.— 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.
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lat.ls.perseus-eng2-n19091
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