fuscina
fuscina, a three-pronged spear, trident
- a three-pronged spear, a trident: dant (deo) arcum, sagittas, hastam, clipeum, fuscinam, fulmen, Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101; as an attribute of Neptune, Suet. Calig. 52; as a weapon of the retiarii, id. ib. 30; Juv. 2, 143; Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 66.
creagra, ~a, tridens
ut sic hostis a ripa cum ~a ferrea saltum observantis artem arte deludat
rusticus ‥ habeat etiam ~am [gl.: ] hamatam, ut se piscibus reficere possitsunie , A. †belger (? l.alger )
item pro fusina pro hostio ecclesie ij d. item pro ij(twistes ad †eodem j d. ob.
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Fouyne, Foyne, et
Fuyneeodem sensu, simul et merga, harpago, quo ad capiendos pisces utuntur. Lit. remiss. ann. 1374. in Reg. 106. Chartoph. reg. ch. 241 :
Icellui
Colart féri ledit Pierre d'une Fuyne ou fourche à charger gerbes. Aliæ ann.
1390. in Reg. 139. ch. 4 : Pillet la Fourme tenant un Fouyne, autrement ditte
fourchefiere, en sa main etc. Aliæ ann. 1397. in Reg. 151. ch. 278 :
Icellui exposant tenant une Foyne à oster fiens, etc. Aliæ ann. 1423. in
Reg. 172. ch. 316 : Une Foyne de fer à deux fourgons, appellée Boutchache,
etc. Rursum aliæ ann. 1447. in Reg. 176. ch. 510 : Un baston, nommé Foyne,
dont on a accoustumé de tuer poissons en eaue. Ung baston, lequel baston on nomme Foyne,
pour chasser aux loutres, in aliis ann. 1471. ex Reg. 195. ch. 612. Hinc
diminutivum Fouinetteet
Foynnette. Lit. remiss. ann. 1428. in Reg. 174. ch. 215 :
Une Fouinette à chargier gerbes de blé. Aliæ ann. 1443. ex Reg. 176.
ch. 303 : Ung nommé Charloteau demourant à Clavy avoit une Foynnette en sa main,
etc. Unde injuriæ causa Foyneaulx, pastores gregumve custodes appellabantur ; quasi ad stabulum fimo purgandum destinati. Lit. remiss. ann. 1472. in Reg. 195. ch. 703 :
Icellui Marin dist au suppliant et autres pastours plusieurs Vide supra
Furcafera.Fuscinaminter ministeria sacra haberi monet Cangius, quam minus apte inter sacra ornamenta amandat Georg. Rhodig. cap. 26. De Liturg. Rom. Pontif. ut efficitur ex loco ab ipsomet laudato in Chron. S. Trudon. tom. 2. Spicil. Acher. edit. ann. 1723. pag. 601. col. 1. :
Fuscinulas aureas parvas de auro pensas denariorum quinque ; cultellum auro
paratum, etc.
Fuscinula, Gall.
Fuscinulas Satanæ porto.- a three-pronged spear, trident: dant (deo) fuscinam: Gracchi, Iu.
FU´SCINA(τρίαινα), a trident; more commonly called tridens, meaning tridens stimulus, because it was originally a three-pronged goad, used to incite horses to greater swiftness. Neptune was supposed to be armed with it when he drove his chariot, and it thus became his usual attribute, no doubt with an allusion also to the use of the same instrument in spearing fish. It is represented in the second cut on p. 416. (Hom. Il. 12.27, Od. 4.506, 5.292; Verg. G. 1.13, Aen. 1.138, 145, 2.610 Cic. N. D. 1.3. 6, § 101; Philostr. Imag. 2.14.) The trident was also attributed to Nereus (Verg. A. 2.418) and to the Tritons (Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 2.3. 5, § 89; Mart. de Spect. 26, 3.)
In the contests of gladiators the Retiarius was armed with a trident. (Juven. 2.143, 8.203-Z2.) [GLADIATOR ]
[J.Y] [W.W](τρίαινα). A trident, i. e. a large fork with several branches (usually three) employed by fishermen in spearing fish. It was the symbol of Neptune as the god of the ocean. By the class of gladiators known as retiarii it was used as a weapon. See gladiatores.