I.a little fork: “herba subsecari falcibus debet et, quoad perarescat, furcillis versari,” Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1; 1, 8, 6; Col. 2, 10, 13: “quoniam furcillā extrudimur, Brundisium cogito,” Cic. Att. 16, 2, 4; cf.: “musae furcillis praecipitem eiciunt,” Cat. 105, 2.—Also, ‡furcilles, sive ‡furcilla, quibus homines suspendebant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 88 Müll.
furcilla , ae, f. dim. furca,