ferculum

fercŭlum (or uncontr. fĕrĭcŭlum, Sen. Ep. 90, 15; 122, 3 al.), i, n. [fero], that on which any thing is carried or borne.

• I A frame, a barrow, litter, bier for carrying the spoils, the images of the gods, etc., in public processions: spolia ducis hostium caesi suspensa fabricato ad id apte ferculo gerens in Capitolium ascendit, Liv. 1, 10, 5; Suet. Caes. 37; id. Calig. 15: (Caesar) tensam et ferculum Circensi pompa, etc. (recepit), id. Caes. 76: ut pomparum ferculis similes esse videamur, * Cic. Off. 1, 36, 131.—
• II A dish on which food is served; and hence a dish or mess of food, a course (perh. not anteAug.; cf.: epulum, daps, commissatio; merenda, prandium, etc.): ubi multa de magna superessent fercula cena, Hor. S. 2, 6, 104: cenae fercula nostrae Malim convivis quam placuisse cocis, Mart. 9, 82; so Petr. 35; 36; Suet. Aug. 74; Plin. 33, 10, 47, § 136; Juv. 1, 94; 7, 184; 11, 64.

ferculum u. fericulum, ī, n. (fero), die Trage, das Traggestell, a) zum Tragen der spolia opima, der Trophäen u. der Beute bei Triumphzügen, Liv. 1, 10, 5. Suet. Caes. 37, 2. Flor. 4, 2, 13. Eutr. 9, 27: auch der Gefangenen von Bedeutung, Sen. de vit. beat. 25, 4. Sen. Herc. Oet. 110. – b) zum Tragen der Götterbildnisse in den zirzensischen Umzügen, Suet. Caes. 76, 1: dah. ut pomparum ferculis similes esse videamur, Cic. de off. 1, 131: pomparum ferculis similes procedunt, Hieron. epist. 125, 16. – c) zum Tragen der Totenasche in die Gruft, Suet. Cal. 15, 1: u. der Grabspenden beim Leichenbegängnis, Stat. Theb. 6, 126. – d) zum Auftragen der Speisen, das Auftragebrett, Speisebrett, gewöhnlich meton. = das Gericht, der Gang, Prop. 4, 4, 76. Sen. de tranqu. anim. 7, 2; nat. qu. 3, 18, 2; 4, 13, 6. Sen. ep. 95, 18 u. 27. Petron. 35, 1 u. 36, 2: fericula mutare, Sen. ep. 90, 15: iam sublatum erat ferculum, es war schon abgetragen worden, Petron. 39, 1. – ➳ fericulum schreiben Haase, Koch und Gertz öfter im Seneca. – Nbf. fericulus s. bes.

ferculum [CL] 1 frame or stretcher for carrying things, litter, bier. b seat, stall. illud summi Salomonis ~um [cf. Cant. iii 9], illud reclinatorium aureum Gosc. Edith 52; invadunt electi quatuor fratres exponendum lucis ~um Id. Transl. Aug. 42A; conscendit Salamon ventrale ferculum / nec venter patitur pudoris nevulum Walt. Wimb. Carm. 61.  b stalle before a schoppe, stallum, ~um PP; fercula nos saciant, prelatos fercula portant WW 740 (cf. ib. 789: hoc ~um, a salt stole; fercula nos †faciant, prelatos fercula portant); a stalle[v. l. a stalle in a chirche], stacio, stallum, ‥ ~um; versus: fercula nos †faciant, prelatos fercula portant CathA; 1508 pro ij pannis lineis factis pro mensa et ~is coram fenistra coquine Ac. Durh. 659. 2 dish of food (meat, fish, etc., dist. from bread), course at a meal; b (fig.). arte mea crocea flavescunt fercula regum Aldh. Aen. 20 (Apis) 3; hospitibus largus patuit cellaria cunctis / ingessitque pius venerandis fercula verbis Mir. Nin. 472; nec regalibus eum ~is aluit Byrht. V. Ecgwini 390; omnia ~a apponenda infirmis ipse administret eis Lanfr. Const. 155; ut cum quis degustat ~um sibi appositum antequam consumpserit primum Simil. Anselmi 33; 11‥ duo ~a, qualia duobus hominibus solebant apponi, sive fuerint de carne sive de pisce sive de aliquo alio cibo (Ch. Moorsley) Feod. Durh. 127n; c1160 centum pauperes pascentur ‥ de pane et cervisia et ad minus de uno ~o carnis vel piscis Reg. S. Osm. I 220; quid sapidis epularum irritamentis jam fastiditum pregravas stomachum ‥ ? quid tanto studio ~orum alternationibus distendis? Pull. CM p. 210; 1225 unum genus ~i de carne Doc. W. Abb. Westm. 220; Cust. Westm. 126 (v. cursus 7b); 1255 per serjantium faciendi unum ~um in olla lutea in coquina domini regis die coronacionis sue King's Serjeants 247n; 1308 ij ~is carnis precii unius denarii et diebus piscium una fercula [sic] piscium precii oboli Year Bk. I (Selden Soc. XVII) 5; 1330 de tribus ~is cujusdam cibi qui vocatur maupygernon, sc. j ~um coram domino rege, secundum ~um archiepiscopo Cant’, et tercium ~um cui dominus rex assignare voluerit IPM 17 m. 8; 1330 habebit ‥ in vesperam j panem et j ~um CourtR 204/44 m. 1; si apponeretur mihi ~um delicatum absque condimento, non obmitterem quin comederem; magis placeret si condimentum haberet Graystanes 10 p. 50; 1535 farculum cibi Val. Eccl. II 57.  b menti ‥ caelestia administrans ~a V. Neot. A 2; rogavit ut consolationis gratia ‥ divini verbi scientie ~i ‥ sibi ‥ aliquid ‥ impartiret Chr. Witham 503.

fercŭlum, (11) ī, n. (feric-, Sen. Ep. 90, 15, etc. ), (fero), ¶ 1 plateau [pour porter un service de table] : Petr. 35, 1 || mets, plats : Hor. S. 2, 6, 104 ¶ 2 brancard [pour porter les dépouilles, les objets sacrés, certains captifs, etc.] : Liv. 1, 10, 5 ; [les porteurs eux-mêmes] Cic. Off. 1, 131.

ferculum , i. n.
繁菜之盤。神座。喪 車。輛。

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ferculum n

• 1 FER-, a means of carrying, frame, barrow, litter, bier: spolia fabricato ad id apte ferculo gerens, L.: pomparum fercula, built for processions: triumphalia.—A dish, mess, course: Multa de magnā cenā, H.: fercula septem cenare, Iu.

FERCULUM

FE´RCULUM(from fer-o) is applied to any kind of tray or platform used for carrying anything. Thus it is used to signify the tray or frame on which several dishes were brought in at once at dinner (Petron. 35; Plin. Nat.28.26); and hence fercula came to mean the number of courses at dinner, and even the dishes themselves. (Suet. Aug. 74; Serv. ad Verg. A. 1.637; Juven. 1.94(with Mayor's note), 11.64; Hor. Sat. 2.6, 104; Mart. 3.50, 9.82-Z2, 11.31-Z2.)

The ferculum was also used for carrying the images of the gods in the procession of the circus (Suet. Jul. 76), the ashes of the dead in a funeral (Suet. Cal. 15), and the spoils in a triumph (Suet. Jul. 37; Liv. 1.10); in all which cases it appears to have been carried on the shoulders or in the hands of men. This is shown in the annexed cut from the Arch of Titus, where

Roman soldiers are carrying on a ferculum the Golden Candlestick. The most illustrious captives were sometimes placed on a ferculum in a triumph, in order that they might be better seen. (Senec. Herc. Oet. 110.)

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Fercŭlum

(from fero). A term applied to any kind of tray or platform used for carrying anything. Thus it is used to signify the tray or frame on which several dishes were brought in at once at dinner (Petron.35); and hence fercula came to mean the number of courses at dinner, and even the dishes themselves (Suet. Aug. 74; Serv. ad Verg. Aen. i. 637; Juv.i. 94, with Mayor's note, and the article Cena, p. 313).

The ferculum was also used for carrying the images of the gods in the procession of the circus ( Iul. 76), the ashes of the dead in a funeral ( Calig. 15), and the spoils in a triumph ( Iul. 37; Livy, i. 10); in all which cases it appears to have been carried on the shoulders or in the hands of men. This is shown in the illustration from the Arch of Titus, where Roman soldiers are carrying on a ferculum the Golden Candlestick. The most illustrious captives were sometimes placed on a ferculum in a triumph, in order that they might be better seen ( Herc. Oet. 110).