noun · masculinesecond declension
forulī1
forulī m pl (genitive forulōrum)
Meaning
- bookcase or bookshelves
[...]; condiditque [Sybillinos libros] duobus forulis aureatis sub Palatini Apollinis basi
…; he placed them [the Sybilline books] in two gilded bookcases under the pedestal of Apollo Palatine's statue.121 AD, Suetonius, De Vita Caesarum, volume II.31: - lower rows in the Circensian games
Fori significant et Circensia spectacula, ex quibus etiam minores forulos dicimus
Fori means the rows of seats in a theater; from which we say forulī, the lower rows.8th century, Paulus Diaconus, chapter 84.14, in Epitome Festi De verborum significat (Epitome of Sextus Pompeius Festus's De verborum significatione):
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | forulī |
| genitive | — | forulōrum |
| dative | — | forulīs |
| accusative | — | forulōs |
| ablative | — | forulīs |
| vocative | — | forulī |
fŏrŭli, ōrum, m. dim. forus.
I. A book-case:
libros Sibyllinos condidit duobus forulis auratis sub Palatini Apollinis basi, Suet. Aug. 31; Juv. 3, 219.—II. Fori significant et Circensia spectacula, ex quibus etiam minores forulos dicimus, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. forum, p. 84 Müll.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
forulī ōrum, m dim.
forus, a book-case , Iu.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulī Latin forulī From forus + -ulī.