furcĭfer, ĕri, m. [furca+fero; acc. to furca, II. B.],
a yoke-bearer , as a term of vituperation, usually of slaves, gallows rogue , hang-dog , rascal : impudice, sceleste, verbero, bustirape, furcifer, Sociofraude, parricida, etc., Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 127; id. Am. 1, 1, 129; id. As. 2, 4, 78; id. Capt. 3, 4, 31; id. Most. 1, 1, 66; 5, 2, 50; id. Mil. 2, 6, 64; id. Ps. 1, 2, 59 al.; Ter. And. 618 Don.; id. Eun. 798; 862; 989; Cic. Deiot. 9, 26; Hor. S. 2, 7, 22 et saep.— Of freemen: id tu tibi, furcifer, sumes, Cic. Vatin. 6, 15; of Piso, id. Pis. 7, 14.