Ferula, huius ferulæ, penuli cor. f. g. Plin. An hearbe like bigge fenell, and may be called fenel giant,, or hearbe sagapene. Also a rodde, sticke, or paulmer, wherewith children are striken and corrccted in schooles: a cane: a reede: a walking staffe. Cædere ferula. Horat. To strike with the paulmer.Florentes ferulæ.Virg.Ferulæ manum subduximus.Iuuen.We haue gone to schole with a maister, end beene corrected by another: we haue beene brought vp at schole and learning.Ferulæ. Cels. Splintes vsed to broken legges, fingers, or other partes.Accommodare ferulas. Cels. To set splintes.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
fĕrŭla, ae, f., the plant fennel-giant, Ferula, Linn., in the pith of which Prometheus is feigned to have preserved the fire which he stole from heaven.I.Lit., Plin. 13, 22, 42, 122; 7, 56, 57, 198; Hyg. Fab. 144; Serv. Verg. E. 6, 42.—II.Transf.A.The thin or slender branch of a tree, Plin. 17, 21, 35, 152.—B.A staff, walkingstick (for syn. cf.: baculum, bacillum, scipio, fustis; virga), Plin. 13, 22, 42, 123.— C.A whip, rod, to punish slaves or schoolboys, Hor. S. 1, 3, 120; Juv. 6, 479; Mart. 14, 80; 10, 62, 10; Juv. 1, 15; Mart. Cap. 3, 224; for driving draught cattle, Ov. M. 4, 26; cf. id. A. A. 1, 546.—D. As an attribute of Silvanus, Verg. E. 10, 25.—E.A splint for broken bones, Cels. 8, 10, 1.—F.The young stag's horn, Plin. 8, 32, 50, 117.