bifurcus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

bĭfurcus, a, um, adj. [bis-furca],

having two prongs or points , two-pronged : ramus, two-forked , Ov. M. 12, 442: surculi, Col. 5, 11, 3: ferramentum, id. 3, 18, 6: arbores, Plin. 16, 30, 53, § 122: valli, Liv. 33, 5, 9.— Also, subst.: bĭfurcum , i, n., a fork , Col. 3, 18, 6.—Trop., of the place where two branches start, Col. 4, 24, 10.—Of the connection of two veins upon the head of draught-cattle, Veg. 2, 40, 2; hence, sudor mihi per bifurcum volabat, over the cheeks down to the neck , Petr. 62.