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furca (noun F) : Sanscr. bhur-ig, shears; cf. Lat. forceps, forfex; also Gr. φάρος, plough; Lat. forāre; Engl. bore,Georg Curtius Gr. Etym. p. 299; but Corss. refers furca to root dhar-,=fero, as a prop. support; v. Ausspr. 1, 149
* A two-pronged fork.
* Lit.: exacuunt alii vallos furcasque bicornes,Verg. G. 1, 264: valentes,id. ib. 2, 359: furcis detrudi,Liv. 28, 3, 7; cf. Caes. B. C. 2, 11, 2. —Prov.: naturam expellas furcā, tamen usque recurret, with might and main, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 24 (v. furcilla).
* Transf., of things shaped like a fork.
* A forkshaped prop, pole, or stake, for carrying burdens on the back or shoulder, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 2; for supporting the seats of a theatre,Liv. 1, 35, 9; for a vine,Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 32; for fishing-nets,id. 9, 8, 9, § 31; for the gable of a house,Ov. M. 8, 700; a frame on which meat was suspended in the chimney, id. ib. 8, 648.
* Furcae Caudinae, the narrow pass of Caudium, the Caudine Forks, usually called Furculae Caudinae (v. furcula, II. and Caudium), Val. Max. 5, 1, 5 ext.; 7, 2, 17 ext.
* A fork-shaped gallows: aliquem furcā figere,Dig. 48, 19, 28 fin.: furcae subicere,ib. 9: in furcam tollere,ib. 38: in furcam suspendere,ib. 13, 6: in furcam damnare,ib. 49, 16, 3: canes vivi in furca, sambucea arbore fixi,Plin. 29. 4, 14, § 57.
* A fork-shaped yoke in which young bullocks were put to be tamed, Varr. R. R. 1, 20, 2.
* Furcae cancrorum, the claws of a crab, App. Mag. p. 297.
* A two-pronged fork.
* Lit.: exacuunt alii vallos furcasque bicornes,Verg. G. 1, 264: valentes,id. ib. 2, 359: furcis detrudi,Liv. 28, 3, 7; cf. Caes. B. C. 2, 11, 2. —Prov.: naturam expellas furcā, tamen usque recurret, with might and main, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 24 (v. furcilla).
* Transf., of things shaped like a fork.
* A forkshaped prop, pole, or stake, for carrying burdens on the back or shoulder, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 2; for supporting the seats of a theatre,Liv. 1, 35, 9; for a vine,Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 32; for fishing-nets,id. 9, 8, 9, § 31; for the gable of a house,Ov. M. 8, 700; a frame on which meat was suspended in the chimney, id. ib. 8, 648.
* Furcae Caudinae, the narrow pass of Caudium, the Caudine Forks, usually called Furculae Caudinae (v. furcula, II. and Caudium), Val. Max. 5, 1, 5 ext.; 7, 2, 17 ext.
* A fork-shaped gallows: aliquem furcā figere,Dig. 48, 19, 28 fin.: furcae subicere,ib. 9: in furcam tollere,ib. 38: in furcam suspendere,ib. 13, 6: in furcam damnare,ib. 49, 16, 3: canes vivi in furca, sambucea arbore fixi,Plin. 29. 4, 14, § 57.
* A fork-shaped yoke in which young bullocks were put to be tamed, Varr. R. R. 1, 20, 2.
* Furcae cancrorum, the claws of a crab, App. Mag. p. 297.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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