fork, forked pole; yoke (for punishing slaves)
Latin word, found 30 times in the texts on Socratos.
Caesar, De Bello Civili 2.11: … refertas incendunt easque de muro in musculum devolvunt. Involutae labuntur, delapsae ab lateribus longuriis furcisque ab opere removentur. Interim sub musculo milites vectibus infima saxa turris hostium, quibus fundamenta co …
Vergil, Georgics 1.264: Exacuunt alii vallos furcasque bicornis
Ovid, Metamorphoses 8.647: truncat holus foliis; furca levat illa bicorni
All forms of furca