fultura

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

fultūra, ae, f. [fulcio], a prop, stay, support (perh. not ante-Aug.).

I Lit.: fundamenta pro fultura et substructione fungentur, Col. 1, 5, 9.—In plur.: Vitr. 10, 22 fin.

II Transf., a strengthening , refreshing (cf. fulcio, I. B.): deficient inopem venae te, ni cibus atque Ingens accedit stomacho fultura ruenti, Hor. S. 2, 3, 154: cujus (corporis) fulturis animus sustinetur, Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 4.

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