furca

See also furcă

Latin

Noun

furca (genitive furcae); f, first declension

1. A two-pronged fork, pitchfork.
2. A fork-shaped prop, pole or stake.
3. An instrument of punishment, a frame in the form of a fork, which was placed on a culprit's neck, while his hands were fastened to the two ends; yoke.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	furca	furcae
genitive	furcae	furcārum
dative	furcae	furcīs
accusative	furcam	furcās
ablative	furcā	furcīs
vocative	furca	furcae

Derived terms

bifurcus furcifer furcilla

furcōsus furcula trifurcus

Related terms

• furcillātus
• furcillō

Descendants

Albanian: furkë Aromanian: furcã Catalan: forca Dalmatian: fuarca Danish: fork Dutch: vork English: fork, fourche French: fourche, fourchette Friulian: forčhe Icelandic: fjarki

German: Forke Italian: forca Occitan: forca Portuguese: forca Romanian: furcă Romansch: furtga Sardinian: frúca, furca Spanish: horca Walloon: fotche

See also

• fuscina

References

• furca in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879