furca ae, f
1 FOR-,
a two-pronged fork
: bicornes, V.: valentes, V.: furcis detrudi,
L.— Prov.: Naturam expellas furcā, tamen usque
recurret,
with violence
, H.—
A fork-shaped prop, split stake, triangular brace
: furcis spectacula sustinentibus, L.:
furcas subiere columnae, O.—
A wooden yoke
(on the neck of a slave, for punishment): per circum furcam ferens ductus est:
servus sub furcā caesus, L.: sub furcā
vinctus, L.: Ibis sub furcam,
H.