Fromferō(“I bear”) +-culum(“tool”). Compare withferetrum, calqued or borrowed fromAncient Greek with cognate elements.
ferculum n (genitiveferculī);second declension
- that on which any thing iscarried orborne
- aframe, abarrow,litter,bier forcarrying thespoils, theimages of thegods, etc., inpublicprocessions
- adish on whichfood isserved, atray; and hence a dish ormess of food, acourse
Second-declension noun (neuter).
- “ferculum”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ferculum”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "ferculum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- ferculum inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “ferculum”, inHarry Thurston Peck, editor (1898),Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ferculum”, inWilliam Smith et al., editor (1890),A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
