fulcipedia
Latin
Etymology
From fulciō (“to prop up”) + pēs (“foot”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ful.kiˈpe.di.a/, [fʊɫ̪.kɪˈpɛ.d̪i.a]
Noun
fulcipedia f (genitive fulcipediae); first declension
- (hapax legomenon) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
- 'propfoot, of a drunken woman, who needs support', as defined in the Lewis and Short Latin Dictionary
- a woman 'standing on her dignity', according to the Oxford Latin Dictionary
- 'high-heeled hussy', as rendered in Michael Heseltine's 1913 Loeb Classical Library translation
- c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 75:
- Puerum bāsiāvī frūgālissimum, non propter fōrmam, sed quia frūgī est: decem partēs dīcit, librum ab oculō legit, thraecium sibi dē diāriīs fēcit, arcisellium dē suō parāvit et duās trullās. Nōn est dignus quem in oculīs feram? sed Fortūnāta vetat. Ita tibi vidētur, fulcipedia? Suādeō, bonum tuum concoquās, milva, et mē nōn faciās ringentem, amasiuncula: aliōquīn experīris cerebrum meum.
- I kissed the virtuous boy, not because of his looks, but because he's worthy: he says the multiplication of ten, reads a book from sight, got himself a Thracian suit of armour from his daily allowance, bought a round-backed chair from his own money and two ladies. Is he not worthy to hold dear? But Fortunata is against it. Do you see it that way, fulcipedia? I advise you to put up with your good life, she-kite, and not make me angry, dear: otherwise you're testing my brain.
- Puerum bāsiāvī frūgālissimum, non propter fōrmam, sed quia frūgī est: decem partēs dīcit, librum ab oculō legit, thraecium sibi dē diāriīs fēcit, arcisellium dē suō parāvit et duās trullās. Nōn est dignus quem in oculīs feram? sed Fortūnāta vetat. Ita tibi vidētur, fulcipedia? Suādeō, bonum tuum concoquās, milva, et mē nōn faciās ringentem, amasiuncula: aliōquīn experīris cerebrum meum.
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fulcipedia | fulcipediae |
| Genitive | fulcipediae | fulcipediārum |
| Dative | fulcipediae | fulcipediīs |
| Accusative | fulcipediam | fulcipediās |
| Ablative | fulcipediā | fulcipediīs |
| Vocative | fulcipedia | fulcipediae |
Related terms
- fulciō
- fulcrum
References
- fulcipedia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fulcipedia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- fulcipedia in the Oxford Latin Dictionary, Oxford 1968