noun · femininefirst declension
furcula
furcula f (genitive furculae)
Meaning
- femininesmall two-pronged fork
- femininein plurala narrow pass, defile
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | furcula | furculae |
| genitive | furculae | furculārum |
| dative | furculae | furculīs |
| accusative | furculam | furculās |
| ablative | furculā | furculīs |
| vocative | furcula | furculae |
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.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
furcula ae, f dim.
furca, a forked prop : suspenso furculis ab hostibus muro, L.—Plur, a narrow pass : Caudinae, L.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ula Latin furcula From furca + -ula.
Borrowings
- Catalanfurcula
- Englishfurcula
- Frenchfurcula
- Portuguesefúrcula
- Spanishfúrcula
Italo-Romance
- Italianforcola
Rhaeto-Romance
- Romanshforcula
- Romanshfuorcla
- Romanshfurcla
Gallo-Italic
- Lombardforcola
- Romagnolforcla
Gallo-Romance
- Rhine Franconianfurkelfrom Lyonnais forcola
- Rhine Franconianfirkelfrom Lyonnais forcola
- Valdôtainfourcllia
- Old Occitanforcola