forica
forica, a public privy
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foricas Noun: feminine accusative plural of forica
fŏrĭca, ae, f. [forum],
- a public privy: conducunt foricas, Juv. 3, 38; cf. Schol. Vet. ad Juv. 3, 38.
forica, ae, f., ein öffentlicher Abtritt, Iuven. 3, 38. – Dav. foricārius, iī, m., der Pachter eines öffentlichen Abtritts, Paul. dig. 22, 1, 17. § 5.
~a, latrina, secessus
~a, locus in foro ubi inmunda fluunt
hec ~a vel cloacha,privee
hec furica, hec cloaca,longaine
hec ~a,a prevy ;‥ hec foruca,a prewy
una ~a vocataa close jakys
una communis ~a pro servientibus domini
donghylle , ‥ †myddyl or dongyl, ‥ mukhylle or donghylle ‥ ~a
fŏrĭca, (16) æ, f. , latrines publiques : Juv. 3, 38 ; Gloss.
forica ae, f
- forum, a public privy, Iu.
Forĭca
(θάκος), generally in the plural Forĭcae. A set of public water-closets, like the cabinets d'aisance of French cities, and put at the disposal of the passers-by for a small fee. They were farmed out by contractors, as we learn from Juvenal (iii. 38). See the anecdote in Theophrast. Char. 14.The foricae are not to be confounded with the public urinals (dolia) set at the street corners, and whose contents were sold to the laundries for bleaching clothes. See fullo.