fulcrum

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.

fulcrum, ī, n. (fulcio), I) die Stütze des Bettes, das Gestell, der Pfosten, Stollen des Ruhelagers, Speisesofas, Verg. Aen. 6, 604. Prop. 2, 13, 21. Ov. ex Pont. 3, 3, 14: ad fulcra lectorum sedentes, Suet. Claud. 32. – II) meton., das Ruhelager, Speisesofa, Prop. 4, 7, 3. Iuven. 6, 22; 11, 95: fulcro plumeo (Flaumenbett) incubuit, Amm. 28, 1, 47.

1 fulcrum v. 1 filtrum

2 fulcrum [CL] 1 that which gives support, (spec.) head-rest of couch, bolster, (transf.) the bed itself. dicebat ‥ illos ‥ in delicatis viduae ~is inebriari coepisse Felix Guthl. 43; ~a, ornamenta †tectorum [l. lectorum] GlC F 389; ~is, thoris, lectis, vel wræþstuþum vel heafod bolstrum velbedreafum GlH F 944; adeo ‥ debilitatus ut de ~o quo recubabat nulls ratione surgere praevaleret Lantfr. Swith. 7; hoc ~um, -ri, i. sponda lecti, quod pro ipso accipitur lecto Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 227; lectos ‥ quorum ornamenta erant ~a, stragula, lodices, pulvilli, culcitre ex comento [? l. tomento] Balsh. Ut. 53; serica fulcra nec alta cubilia sunt ibi strata D. Bec. 357; ~um de ‥ serici pallio quod illi substratum fuerat R. Cold. Cuthb. 40; illum pretendentem infirmitatem ‥ assumentes et transportantes in ~o W. Cant. Mir. Thom. VI 150; quedam matrona ‥ ita erat contracta ‥ ut nulla ratione ‥ a †fulto [l. fulcro] valeret surgere absque famularum juvamine T. Ely Etheldr. Acta 89; 1452 cum duobus lectis pendentibus cum toto apparatu, ut curtyns, costers, bankqueres, et fultris in duabus cameris usualiter existentibus Test. Ebor. II 163; hec sponda est exterior pars lecti. hoc fultrum est pes lecti WW. 2 structural support, plinth, column. sed magis in lata fulchris renitentibus aula / te coram melius discumbet leta juventus V. Ed. Conf. 50; bases, ~a columnarum Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 80. 3 personal or moral support, succour. virgo, tuam tuo servo / ‥ / dextram peto porrigi; / quando labor, esto prope, / cujus fulcro, cujus ope / lapsi solent erigi Walt. Wimb. Virgo 150.

fulcrum, (13) ī, n. (fulcio), support, montant de lit, bois de lit : Prop. 2, 13, 21 ; Virg. En. 6, 604 || lit, couche : Prop. 4, 7, 3 ; Juv. 6, 22.

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fulcrum ī, n

• fulcio, a bedpost, foot of a couch, O.: eburnum, Pr.: aurea fulcra, V.—A couch, bed-lounge, Pr., Iu.

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