fulmenta, ae, f. [contr. from fulcimenta, from fulcio] (ante-class.), a prop, support of a building, Cato, R. R. 14, 1.—II. In partic., the heel of a shoe, Lucil. ap. Non. 206, 26; Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 94.
fulmentum, i. n. [contr. from fulcimentum, from fulcio], a prop, support.I. In gen., Vitr. 5, 1 fin.: porticus fulmentis Aquitanicis superba, i. e.
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, Sid. Ep. 2, 10in Carm.—II. In partic., a bedpost: Cels. 2, 15.—Prov.: fulmenta lectum scandunt, the child wants to know more than its grandmother; or, perh., the servant wants to play the master, Varr. ap. Non. 206, 25.