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fulcrum

fulcrum, a bedpost, foot of a couch

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

fulcrum , ī, n.: a support, prop, post, foot, 6.604. (fulciō)
fulcrum, i, n. [fulcio],
  • the post or foot of a couch (a bed or an eating-couch), a bedpost: eburnum, Prop. 2, 13, 21 (3, 5, 5 M.); Ov. P. 3, 3, 14; Gell. 10, 15, 14: tricliniorum pedibus fulcrisque, Plin. 34, 2, 4, § 9: aurea fulcra, Verg. A. 6, 604; Suet. Claud. 32; cf. plutei, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 68.—
  • II Transf. (pars pro toto), a couch at table, bed-lounge, Prop. 4 (5), 7, 3; Juv. 6, 22; 11, 95: plumeum, Amm.28, 1, 47.

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