Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), F, Furca, Fuscĭna

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Fuscĭna

（τρίαινα). A trident, i. e. a large fork with several branches (usually three) employed by fishermen in spearing fish. It was the symbol of Neptune as the god of the ocean. By the class of gladiators known as retiarii it was used as a weapon. See Gladiatores.

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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