forfex

forfex, fĭcis, f. [forus-facio],

• 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.

forfex, ficis, c. = φαλίς (Gloss.), die Schere, I) eig.: A) im allg., Cels. 7, 21, 1. Col. 12, 44, 4: zur Wollschur, Calp. ecl. 5, 74. – B) insbes.: 1) eine Art großer Scheren, griech. καρκινοι, an den Seilen eines Flaschenzugs befestigt, um Steine anzufassen, die dann so mit den Seilen in die Höhe gezogen wurden, ferrei forfices, Vitr. 10, 2, 2. – 2) die Schere der Barbiere, zum Abzwicken des Bartes, das Zwickeisen, Mart. 7, 95, 12: das Instrument, womit die Ärzte die Zähne zogen, die Zange, forfex dentalis od. dentaria, Gloss. – II) übtr.: a) die Schere des Krebses, Plin. 9, 97: der Heuschrecke, Plin. 32, 148: und der Käfer, Plin. 11, 97. – b) eine scherenförmige Schlachtordnung, die Schere (auch forceps gen.), Veget. mil. 3, 17. Gell. 10, 9, 1. Vgl. forceps ➳ .

forfex [CL] , shears, scissors; b (as rent). c shearer. non cirros capitis ferrata forfice dempsit Aldh. CE 4. 7. 15; Id. VirgP 9 (v. forceps 1a); quod periti legis auditores suos ‥ quasi ~ice praepararent Bede Sam. 682; ~ices, scerero, ‥ ~ex, isernscereru GlC F 263, 279; Alcuin Orth. 2335 (v. forpex); ~ices, rœglsceara GlH F 644; caput ‥ meum tonde cum forvice, prolixi sunt enim cincinni Ælf. Bata 4. 25; pater arreptis ~icibus accessit ad cadaver, volens pelliculam abscidere W. Cant. Mir. Thom. II 48; forcipe fila, filum cape ~ice, forpice ferrum Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 218; quicquid filo ac ~ice manibus fieri solet ‥ pedibus ista compleret Gir. IK II 11; Dalida fatales furatur forfice crines Garl. Epith. I 475; cum ~icibus ‥ incide fortiter stringendo Gad. 134. 2.  b 1260 reddendo ‥ annuatim ad scaccarium regis ‥ j par ~icum precii iij d. Cl 290.  c [ex brachio regis] exivit vermis magnus qui vocatur ~ix Descr. Constant. 261.

forfex, ĭcis, m. f. , ciseaux : Vitr. Arch. 10, 2, 2 || [pince de lʼécrevisse] : Plin. 9, 97 || ordre de bataille en forme de ciseaux [ou de tenailles, le contraire du coin, cuneus ] : Veg. Mil. 3, 17 ; Gell. 10, 9, 1, v. forceps.

➳ il est possible, comme le croit Charisius (94, 21), que forfex soit le même mot que forceps.

forfex , icis. m.
剪刀。鉗子。營勢。

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FORFEX

FORFEXdim. FORFICULA (ψαλίς. dim. ψαλίδιον), shears (Serv. in Verg. A. 8.453), used (1) in shearing sheep, as represented in the annexed woodcut, which is taken from a carnelian in the Stosch collection of antique gems at Berlin; (2) in cutting hair (Schol. in Eurip. Orest. 954; Brunck, Anal. 3.9; Verg. Catal. 8.9; ferro bidenti, Ciris, 213); (3) in clipping hedges, myrtles, and other shrubs (ψαλιστοὶ μυρρινῶνες, Hierocles, ap. Stob. Serm. 65, p. 415).

In military manoeuvres the forfex was a tenaille, i. e. a body of troops arranged in the form of a V, so as to receive and overcome the opposite body, called a cuneus (Gell. 10.9).

In architecture the term ψαλὶς denoted a construction which was probably the origin of the arch, consisting of two stones leaning against each other so as to form an acute angle overhead, as is seen in the ruins of Tiryns and other prehistoric buildings (Plat. Legg. 12.947 D; Diod. Sic. 2.9; see the second cut under ARCUSp. 171 b). Later the ψαλὶς is hardly to be distinguished from the true arch; see references in L. and S., ed. 7. [CAMARA]

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Forfex

dim. forficŭla (ψαλίς, dim. ψαλίδιον). Shears ( Serv. in Verg. Aen. viii. 453), used (1) in shearing sheep, as represented in the annexed illustration, which is taken from a carnelian in the Stosch collection of antique gems at Berlin;

(2) in cutting hair (Schol. in Eurip. Orest. 954);

(3) in clipping hedges, myrtles, and other shrubs (ψαλιστοὶ μυρρινῶνες, Hierocles, ap. Serm. 65, p. 415).

In military manoeuvres the forfex was a body of troops arranged in the form of a V, so as to receive and overcome the opposite body, called a cuneus (Gell.x. 9).

In architecture the term ψαλίς denoted a construction which was probably the origin of the arch, consisting of two stones leaning against each other so as to form an acute angle overhead, as is seen in the ruins of Tiryns. See p. 117.