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pătĭbŭlum , i, n. (
I.masc. collat. form pătĭbŭlus , i, Varr. ap. Non. 221, 12; v. in the foll.) [pateo], a fork-shaped yoke, placed on the necks of criminals, and to which their hands were tied; also, a fork-shaped gibbet (syn. furca).
I. Lit.: “dispessis manibus patibulum quom habebis,” Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 7: patibulo eminens adfigebatur, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 4, 355 (Hist. 4, 40 Dietsch): “caedes, patibula, ignes, cruces,” Tac. A. 14, 33; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 41, § 90.—Masc.: deligat ad patibulos, Varr. ap. Non. 221, 12: suspende eos contra solem in patibulis, Vulg. Num 25, 4.—
II. A forked prop for vines, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 212; Cato, R. R. 26.—
B. A wooden bar for fastening a door, Titin. ap. Non. 366, 16.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.4.90
    • Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, 2.4
    • Tacitus, Annales, 14.33
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