shaped like an

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furca, ae, f. [Sanscr. bhur-ig, shears; cf. Lat. forceps, forfex; also Gr. pharos, plough; Lat. forāre;

Engl. bore,

Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 299; but Corss. refers furca to root dhar-,=fero, as a prop. support; v. Ausspr. 1, 149], a two-pronged fork.

Lit.:

exacuunt alii vallos furcasque bicornes,

Verg. G. 1, 264:

valentes,

id. ib. 2, 359:

furcis detrudi,

Liv. 28, 3, 7; cf. Caes. B. C. 2, 11, 2. —Prov.: naturam expellas furcā, tamen usque recurret, with might and main, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 24 (v. furcilla).—

Transf., of things shaped like a fork.

A forkshaped prop, pole, or stake, for carrying burdens on the back or shoulder, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 2;

for supporting the seats of a theatre,

Liv. 1, 35, 9;

for a vine,

Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 32;

for fishing-nets,

id. 9, 8, 9, § 31;

for the gable of a house,

Ov. M. 8, 700; a frame on which meat was suspended in the chimney, id. ib. 8, 648.—

An instrument of punishment in the form of a fork (V or II), which was placed on the culprit's neck, while his hands were fastened to the two ends, a yoke (cf.: crux, gabalus, patibulum; hence, furcifer): To. Satis sumpsimus jam supplici. Do. Fateor, manus vobis do. To. Post dabis sub furcis, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 71:

canem et furcam ferre,

id. Cas. 2, 6, 37:

servus per circum, cum virgis caederetur, furcam ferens ductus est,

Cic. Div. 1, 26, 55:

servus sub furca caesus,

Liv. 2, 36, 1 Drak.; Val. Max. 1, 7, 4; Lact. 2, 7, 20:

sub furca vinctus inter verbera et cruciatus,

Liv. 1, 26, 10:

cervicem inserere furcae,

Suet. Ner. 49; Eutr. 7, 5; Prud. steph. 10, 851.—Hence poet. to designate the worst condition of slavery:

ibis sub furcam prudens,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 66.—

A fork-shaped gallows:

aliquem furcā figere,

Dig. 48, 19, 28 fin.:

furcae subicere,

ib. 9:

in furcam tollere,

ib. 38:

in furcam suspendere,

ib. 13, 6:

in furcam damnare,

ib. 49, 16, 3:

canes vivi in furca, sambucea arbore fixi,

Plin. 29. 4, 14, § 57.—

A fork-shaped yoke in which young bullocks were put to be tamed, Varr. R. R. 1, 20, 2.—

Furcae cancrorum, the claws of a crab, App. Mag. p. 297. —

Furcae Caudinae, the narrow pass of Caudium, the Caudine Forks, usually called Furculae Caudinae (v. furcula, II. and Caudium), Val. Max. 5, 1, 5 ext.; 7, 2, 17 ext.

ĕquus, i ( gen. plur. equūm, Verg. G. 2, 542; Stat. Th. 4, 409 al.), m. [Sanscr. acvas; Gr. hippos (ikkos); cf. Epŏna; root, ak-, to be sharp or swift; cf. Gr. akros, ôkus; Lat. acus, ocior], a horse, steed, charger.

Prop.

In gen. (cf.:

caballus, canterius, mannus),

Varr. R. R. 2, 7; Col. 6, 27 sq.; Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 154 sq.; Pall. Mart. 13; Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 5, 14 (Ann. v. 441 ed. Vahlen); Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 39; id. Men. 5, 2, 109; Cic. Rep. 1, 43; 1, 7, 9 et saep.:

equus = equa,

Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 11.—Offered as a sacrifice to Mars, Paul. ex Fest. p. 81, 16, and p. 178, 24 sq. Müll.; cf. Prop. 4 (5), 1, 20; and v. October: EQVO PVBLICO ORNATVS, EXORNATVS, HONORATVS, etc.; or, ellipt., EQVO PVBLICO, very often [p. 654] in inscriptions; v. Inscr. Momms. 73; 459; 445; 1952; 2456;

2865 al.—In another sense: equi publici,

post-horses, Amm. 14, 6.—Equo vehi, advehi, ire, desilire, equum conscendere, flectere, in equum ascendere, equo citato, concitato, etc., see under these verbs.—

In partic.

Of cavalry, in the phrase, equis virisque (viri = pedites; cf. eques and vir), adverb., with horse and foot, i. e. with might and main, with tooth and nail, Liv. 5, 37; Flor. 2, 7, 8;

also: equis, viris,

Cic. Phil. 8, 7, 21; id. Fam. 9, 7; cf. Nep. Hamilc. 4;

and in the order, viris equisque,

Cic. Off. 3, 33.—

Transf., of race-horses:

ego cursu corrigam tarditatem tum equis, tum vero, quoniam scribis poëma ab eo nostrum probari, quadrigis poeticis,

i. e. in prose and poetry, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, a (see the passage in connection).—

Transf.

In plur. (like hippoi in Homer), a chariot, Verg. A. 9, 777.—

The wind, Cat. 66, 54; Val. Fl. 1, 611.—

In mal. part., Hor. S. 2, 7, 50; Petr. 24, 4; App. M. 2, p. 122; Mart. 11, 104, 14.—

Prov.: equi donati dentes non inspiciuntur, we don't look a gift horse in the mouth, Hier. Ep. ad Ephes. prooem.—

Meton.

Equus bipes, a sea-horse, Verg. G. 4, 389;

Auct. Pervig. Ven. 10: fluviatilis,

a river-horse, hippopotamus, Plin. 8, 21, 30, § 73.—

Equus ligneus, like the Homeric halos hippos, a ship, Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 10.—

The Trojan horse, Verg. A. 2, 112 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 108; Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 12; Prop. 3 (4), 1, 25; Hor. C. 4, 6, 13 al.—

Trop., of a secret conspiracy, Cic. Mur. 37, 78.—

A battering-ram, because shaped like a horse;

afterwards called aries,

Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 202.—

The constellation Pegasus, Cic. N. D. 2, 43, 111 sq.; Col. 11, 2, 31; Hyg. Astr. 2, 18; 3, 17.—

Equus Trojanus, the title of a play of Livius Andronicus, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2 al.

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lătercŭlus ( lătĕrĭcŭlus, Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 2), i, m. dim. [id.].

A small brick or tile:

hanc contignationem laterculo astruxerunt, Caes. l. l.: sacellum factum crudis laterculis,

Plin. 30, 7, 20, § 63:

observationes siderum coctilibus laterculis inscriptae,

id. 7, 56, 57, § 193.—

Transf.

A kind of pastry, so called because shaped like a tile, Cato, R. R. 109:

nihil nisi laterculos,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 115.—

Among the agrimensores, a tile-shaped piece of land, Sic. Fl. de Cond. Agr. p. 2 Goes.

lătercŭlus ( lătĕrĭcŭlus, Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 2), i, m. dim. [id.].

A small brick or tile:

hanc contignationem laterculo astruxerunt, Caes. l. l.: sacellum factum crudis laterculis,

Plin. 30, 7, 20, § 63:

observationes siderum coctilibus laterculis inscriptae,

id. 7, 56, 57, § 193.—

Transf.

A kind of pastry, so called because shaped like a tile, Cato, R. R. 109:

nihil nisi laterculos,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 115.—

Among the agrimensores, a tile-shaped piece of land, Sic. Fl. de Cond. Agr. p. 2 Goes.

cŭnĕus, i, m. [cf. Sanscr. çā, çān, to sharpen; Lat. cos, cautes], a wedge.

Prop., Cato, R. R. 10, 3; 11, 4; Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; Verg. G. 1, 144; Hor. C. 1, 35, 18: jamque labant cunei, i. e. the plugs or wedges by which the ship's hull was made tight, Ov. M. 11, 514:

Britannia in cuneum tenuatur,

is shaped like a wedge, Tac. Agr. 10; cf. cuneo, II.—

Trop.:

hoc cuneo veritatis omnis extruditur haeresis,

Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 21 fin. —

Meton.

Troops drawn up for battle in the form of a wedge, Caes. B. G. 6, 39; Liv. 2, 50, 9; 10, 29, 7 al.; Tac. A. 1, 51; id. H. 2, 42; id. G. 6 sq.; Quint. 2, 13, 4; Verg. A. 12, 269; 12, 575 al.; cf. Veg. Mil. 1, 26; 3, 19;

of the Macedonian phalanx: cohortes invicem sub signis, quae cuneum Macedonicum (phalangem ipsi vocant) si possent, vi perrumperent, emittebat,

Liv. 32, 17, 11;

and Dict. of Antiq.—So of a mob: turbandae rei causā publicani cuneo inruperunt,

Liv. 25, 3, 18;

of a flight of geese,

Plin. 10, 23, 32, § 63.—

The wedge-form division of the rows of seats in a theatre, Vitr. 5, 6:

ad tumulum cuneosque theatri perferre, etc.,

Verg. A. 5, 664; Suet. Aug. 44; Juv. 6, 61; cf. Dict. of Antiq.—Hence, *

Transf., the spectators:

ut vero cuneis notuit res omnibus,

all the boxes, Phaedr. 5, 8, 35.—

In architecture, the wedge-like space between the different painted or inlaid panels in walls, Vitr. 7, 4, 4; 7, 5, 1.

Cŭnĕus, i, m., a promontory in Lusitania, now Cabo St. Maria, the extreme southern point of Portugal, Mel. 3, 1, 6; Plin. 4, 21, 35, § 116.

cŭnĕus, i, m. [cf. Sanscr. çā, çān, to sharpen; Lat. cos, cautes], a wedge.

Prop., Cato, R. R. 10, 3; 11, 4; Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; Verg. G. 1, 144; Hor. C. 1, 35, 18: jamque labant cunei, i. e. the plugs or wedges by which the ship's hull was made tight, Ov. M. 11, 514:

Britannia in cuneum tenuatur,

is shaped like a wedge, Tac. Agr. 10; cf. cuneo, II.—

Trop.:

hoc cuneo veritatis omnis extruditur haeresis,

Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 21 fin. —

Meton.

Troops drawn up for battle in the form of a wedge, Caes. B. G. 6, 39; Liv. 2, 50, 9; 10, 29, 7 al.; Tac. A. 1, 51; id. H. 2, 42; id. G. 6 sq.; Quint. 2, 13, 4; Verg. A. 12, 269; 12, 575 al.; cf. Veg. Mil. 1, 26; 3, 19;

of the Macedonian phalanx: cohortes invicem sub signis, quae cuneum Macedonicum (phalangem ipsi vocant) si possent, vi perrumperent, emittebat,

Liv. 32, 17, 11;

and Dict. of Antiq.—So of a mob: turbandae rei causā publicani cuneo inruperunt,

Liv. 25, 3, 18;

of a flight of geese,

Plin. 10, 23, 32, § 63.—

The wedge-form division of the rows of seats in a theatre, Vitr. 5, 6:

ad tumulum cuneosque theatri perferre, etc.,

Verg. A. 5, 664; Suet. Aug. 44; Juv. 6, 61; cf. Dict. of Antiq.—Hence, *

Transf., the spectators:

ut vero cuneis notuit res omnibus,

all the boxes, Phaedr. 5, 8, 35.—

In architecture, the wedge-like space between the different painted or inlaid panels in walls, Vitr. 7, 4, 4; 7, 5, 1.

Cŭnĕus, i, m., a promontory in Lusitania, now Cabo St. Maria, the extreme southern point of Portugal, Mel. 3, 1, 6; Plin. 4, 21, 35, § 116.

drachma (old form, drachŭma, like Alcumena, Aesculapius, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 23; Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 40), ae ( gen plur. drachmūm, Varr. L. L. 9, § 85 Müll.;

usually drachmarum,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 40; Cic. Fl. 19, 43), f., = drachmê.

A small Greek coin, a drachma or drachm, of about the same value as the Roman denarius, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 52; Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 84 sq.; Ter. And. 2, 6, 20; Cic. Fam. 2, 17; id. Fl. 15, 34; Hor. S. 2, 7, 43 et saep.—

As a weight, the eighth part of an uncia, the half of a sicilicus, about the same as our drachm, Plin. 21, 34, 109, § 185; Rhem. Fann. de Pond. 17 sq.

† drăco, ōnis ( gen. dracontis, Att. ap. Non. 426, 2; acc. dracontem, id. ap. Charis. p. 101 P.), m., = drakôn, a sort of serpent, a dragon (cf.: serpens, anguis, coluber, hydrus, vipera, aspis).

Prop. (those of the tame sort, esp. the Epidaurian, being kept as pets by luxurious Romans), Cic. Div. 2, 30; 66; Plin. 8, 17, 22, § 61; 29, 4, 20, § 67; Suet. Aug. 94;

Sen. de Ira, 2, 31 al. —As the guardian of treasures,

Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 12; Phaedr. 4, 20; Fest. s. h. v. p. 67, 12 sq. Müll.—

Meton.

Name of a constellation, Cic. poëta N. D. 2, 42, 106 sq.—

A cohort's standard, Veg. Mil. 2, 13; Amm. 16, 10, 7:

in templa referre dracones,

Val. Fl. 2, 276; Treb. Poll. Gallien. 8; cf. Isid. Orig. 18, 3, 3.—

Marinus, a sea-fish, Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82; 32, 11, 53, § 148; Isid. Orig. 12, 6, 42.—

A water-vessel shaped like a serpent, Sen. Q. N. 3, 24.—

An old vine-branch, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 206; 17, 22, 35, § 182; 14, 1, 3, § 12.—

A seafish, Trachinus Draco of Linn., Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82.—

In eccl. Lat., the Serpent, the Devil, Vulg. Apoc. 12, 7 al.

drachma (old form, drachŭma, like Alcumena, Aesculapius, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 23; Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 40), ae ( gen plur. drachmūm, Varr. L. L. 9, § 85 Müll.;

usually drachmarum,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 40; Cic. Fl. 19, 43), f., = drachmê.

A small Greek coin, a drachma or drachm, of about the same value as the Roman denarius, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 52; Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 84 sq.; Ter. And. 2, 6, 20; Cic. Fam. 2, 17; id. Fl. 15, 34; Hor. S. 2, 7, 43 et saep.—

As a weight, the eighth part of an uncia, the half of a sicilicus, about the same as our drachm, Plin. 21, 34, 109, § 185; Rhem. Fann. de Pond. 17 sq.

† drăco, ōnis ( gen. dracontis, Att. ap. Non. 426, 2; acc. dracontem, id. ap. Charis. p. 101 P.), m., = drakôn, a sort of serpent, a dragon (cf.: serpens, anguis, coluber, hydrus, vipera, aspis).

Prop. (those of the tame sort, esp. the Epidaurian, being kept as pets by luxurious Romans), Cic. Div. 2, 30; 66; Plin. 8, 17, 22, § 61; 29, 4, 20, § 67; Suet. Aug. 94;

Sen. de Ira, 2, 31 al. —As the guardian of treasures,

Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 12; Phaedr. 4, 20; Fest. s. h. v. p. 67, 12 sq. Müll.—

Meton.

Name of a constellation, Cic. poëta N. D. 2, 42, 106 sq.—

A cohort's standard, Veg. Mil. 2, 13; Amm. 16, 10, 7:

in templa referre dracones,

Val. Fl. 2, 276; Treb. Poll. Gallien. 8; cf. Isid. Orig. 18, 3, 3.—

Marinus, a sea-fish, Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82; 32, 11, 53, § 148; Isid. Orig. 12, 6, 42.—

A water-vessel shaped like a serpent, Sen. Q. N. 3, 24.—

An old vine-branch, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 206; 17, 22, 35, § 182; 14, 1, 3, § 12.—

A seafish, Trachinus Draco of Linn., Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82.—

In eccl. Lat., the Serpent, the Devil, Vulg. Apoc. 12, 7 al.

drachma (old form, drachŭma, like Alcumena, Aesculapius, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 23; Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 40), ae ( gen plur. drachmūm, Varr. L. L. 9, § 85 Müll.;

usually drachmarum,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 40; Cic. Fl. 19, 43), f., = drachmê.

A small Greek coin, a drachma or drachm, of about the same value as the Roman denarius, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 52; Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 84 sq.; Ter. And. 2, 6, 20; Cic. Fam. 2, 17; id. Fl. 15, 34; Hor. S. 2, 7, 43 et saep.—

As a weight, the eighth part of an uncia, the half of a sicilicus, about the same as our drachm, Plin. 21, 34, 109, § 185; Rhem. Fann. de Pond. 17 sq.

† drăco, ōnis ( gen. dracontis, Att. ap. Non. 426, 2; acc. dracontem, id. ap. Charis. p. 101 P.), m., = drakôn, a sort of serpent, a dragon (cf.: serpens, anguis, coluber, hydrus, vipera, aspis).

Prop. (those of the tame sort, esp. the Epidaurian, being kept as pets by luxurious Romans), Cic. Div. 2, 30; 66; Plin. 8, 17, 22, § 61; 29, 4, 20, § 67; Suet. Aug. 94;

Sen. de Ira, 2, 31 al. —As the guardian of treasures,

Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 12; Phaedr. 4, 20; Fest. s. h. v. p. 67, 12 sq. Müll.—

Meton.

Name of a constellation, Cic. poëta N. D. 2, 42, 106 sq.—

A cohort's standard, Veg. Mil. 2, 13; Amm. 16, 10, 7:

in templa referre dracones,

Val. Fl. 2, 276; Treb. Poll. Gallien. 8; cf. Isid. Orig. 18, 3, 3.—

Marinus, a sea-fish, Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82; 32, 11, 53, § 148; Isid. Orig. 12, 6, 42.—

A water-vessel shaped like a serpent, Sen. Q. N. 3, 24.—

An old vine-branch, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 206; 17, 22, 35, § 182; 14, 1, 3, § 12.—

A seafish, Trachinus Draco of Linn., Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82.—

In eccl. Lat., the Serpent, the Devil, Vulg. Apoc. 12, 7 al.

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