Latin

Alternative forms

• fericulum (uncontracted)

Noun

ferculum n ‎(genitive ferculī); second declension

1. that on which any thing is carried or borne
2. a frame, a barrow, litter, bier for carrying the spoils, the images of the gods, etc., in public processions
3. a dish on which food is served; and hence a dish or mess of food, a course

Declension

Second declension.

References

• ferculum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ferculum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• FERCULUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ferculum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• ferculum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ferculum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin