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pătĭbŭlum | pătĭbŭlus, i (noun N) : (
* Masc. collat. form , , Varr. ap. Non. 221, 12; v.in the foll.) [pateo], a fork-shaped yoke, placed on the necks of criminals, and to which their hands were tied; also, a fork-shaped gibbet (syn. furca).
* Lit.: dispessis manibus patibulum quom habebis,Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 7: patibulo eminens adfigebatur, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 4, 355 (Hist. 4, 40 Dietsch): caedes, patibula, ignes, cruces,Tac. A. 14, 33; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 41, § 90.—Masc.: deligat ad patibulos, Varr. ap. Non. 221, 12: suspende eos contra solem in patibulis, Vulg. Num 25, 4.
* A forked prop for vines, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 212; Cato, R. R. 26.
* A wooden bar for fastening a door, Titin. ap. Non. 366, 16.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary

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