"Forculus" meaning in Latin

See Forculus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: Forcule [singular, vocative], Forculum [singular, accusative], Forculī [singular, genitive], Forculō [singular, dative], Forculō [singular, ablative]
  1. Divinité des battants de porte selon Tertullien, repris par Augustin.
    Sense id: fr-Forculus-la-noun-LhWDfXLF Categories (other): Exemples en latin, Lexique en latin de la religion Topics: religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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          "ref": "Tertullien, Ad Nationes, II, 15",
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          "translation": "Je ne parle pas d’Ascensus, dieu qui vous aide à monter, ni de Lévicola, qui préside aux pentes, ni de Forculus, sous la protection duquel sont les portes, ni de Cardéa, déesse des gonds, ni de Limentinus, auquel est consacré le seuil, ni enfin de tous ceux qu’adorent les portiers. — (traduction)"
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          "ref": "Augustin, De civitate Dei, VI",
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          "translation": "Pourquoi Forculus, qui préside aux portes, et Limentinus, qui préside au seuil, sont-ils mâles, tandis que Cardéa, qui veille sur les gonds, est femelle ? — (traduction)"
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          "translation": "Je ne parle pas d’Ascensus, dieu qui vous aide à monter, ni de Lévicola, qui préside aux pentes, ni de Forculus, sous la protection duquel sont les portes, ni de Cardéa, déesse des gonds, ni de Limentinus, auquel est consacré le seuil, ni enfin de tous ceux qu’adorent les portiers. — (traduction)"
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