The corpus record — Latin

forfex

forfex · f

a pair of shears

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Where it lives

De Medicina 2 · 0.2/10k

What it meant

forfex — Lewis & Short

forfex, fĭcis, f.forus-facio,

I a pair of shears or scissors: forfices sunt quibus incidimus: forcipes quibus aliquid firmum tenemus, Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 453: vitiosa grana (in uva), forficibus amputant, Col. 12, 44, 4; Cels. 7, 21, 1: qualem (barbam) forficibus metit supinis Tonsor, Mart. 7, 95, 12; cf. Vitr. 10, 2, 2.—

II Transf.

A A claw of a crab: cancris bina brachia denticulatis forficibus, Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 97; of a locust, id. 32, 11, 53, § 148; of a beetle, id. 11, 28, 34, § 97.—

B Perh., a kind of battle-array, v. forceps, II.

In the wild

forfex Celsus, De Medicina 7.12.p1
forfex Celsus, De Medicina 7.12.p1

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. forfex (scan p. 271; entry #4238).

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