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G / gābălus
noun foreign

gābălus

gen. gābăli · gender masculine · decl. 2nd
an old Germ. word, i. q. the modern Gabel (fork); hence, as an instrument of punishment
a kind of gallows
a kind of gallows (syn.: furca, patibulum, crux).
Lit.: in gabalum aliquem suffigere, Varr. ap. Non. 117, 15.—*
gallows-bird; hang-dog by extension
Transf., as a term of reproach, gallows-bird, hang-dog, Macrin. ap. Capit. Macrin. 11.
Perseus ID: n19183 Key: gabalus