fulmentum, i. n. contr. from fulcimentum, from fulcio, a prop, support. In gen., Vitr. 5, 1 fin.: porticus fulmentis Aquitanicis superba, i. e. columns, Sid. Ep. 2, 10 in Carm.

— 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.