forfex

Latin > English

forfex forficis N F :: pair of shears or pair of scissors

Latin > English (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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

forfex, ĭcis, m. f., ciseaux : Vitr. Arch. 10, 2, 2 || [pince de l’écrevisse] : 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.

Latin > German (Georges)

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.

Translations

scissors

Abkhaz: амаркатыл; Afrikaans: skêr; Albanian: gërshërë; Aleut: nu-shu-shuk; Amharic: ሳረቶች; Arabic: مِقَصّ; Egyptian Arabic: مقص; Hijazi Arabic: مقص; Moroccan Arabic: مقص; Aramaic Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܵܪܘܿܛܵܐ; Armenian: մկրատ; Aromanian: foarficã, foarticã; Assamese: কেঁচি; Asturian: tixeres; Aymara: khuchuña; Azerbaijani: qayçı; Bashkir: ҡайсы; Basque: guraize; Bats: მაკარტა; Belarusian: нажні́цы, нажні́чкі; Bemba: sisasi; Bengali: কাঁচি; Biatah Bidayuh: gutin; Breton: sizailhoù, re sizailhoù; Brunei Malay: gunting; Bulgarian: ножица, ножици; Burmese: ကတ်ကြေး; Buryat: хайша; Catalan: tisores; Cebuano: gunting; Central Dusun: gunting; Chechen: тукар; Cherokee: ᏗᎳᏍᏙᏯᏗ; Chinese Cantonese: 鉸剪／铰剪; Dungan: җянзы; Eastern Min: 鉸刀／铰刀; Hakka: 剪刀, 鉸刀／铰刀; Hokkien: 鉸刀／铰刀; Mandarin: 剪刀, 剪子; Wu: 剪刀; Chuvash: хачӑ; Crimean Tatar: maqas; Czech: nůžky; Danish: saks; Dolgan: кыптый; Drung: cvte; Dupaningan Agta: garasib; Dutch: schaar; Elfdalian: saks; Erzya: васоньпеельть; Esperanto: tondilo; Estonian: käärid; Farefare: pasʋa; Faroese: saksur; Finnish: sakset; French: ciseaux; Friulian: fuarpis,; Fula: mekesje; Galician: tesoiras, tesoira, tallantas; Georgian: მაკრატელი; German: Schere; Greek: ψαλίδι; Ancient Greek: ψαλίς; Greenlandic: qiuutit; Guaraní: jetapa; Gujarati: કાતર; Haitian Creole: sizo; Hausa: almakashi; Hawaiian: ʻūpā; Hebrew: מִסְפָּרַיִם / מספריים du; Higaonon: gunting; Hindi: कैंची, क़ैंची; Hinukh: мокӏортӏи; Hungarian: olló; Icelandic: skæri; Ido: cizo; Igbo: mma-mkpa; Indonesian: gunting; Ingush: тукар; Irish: siosúr; Isan: กระไต, เซีย; Italian: forbici; Iu Mien: njiuv; Japanese: 鋏; Javanese: ꦒꦸꦤ꧀ꦠꦶꦁ; Kalmyk: хәәч; Kannada: ಕತ್ತರಿ; Kapampangan: gunting; Karachay-Balkar: kıptı; Kazakh: қайшы; Khmer: កន្ត្រៃ; Komi-Zyrian: шыран; Kongo: sizo, luziolo; Korean: 가위; Kurdish Central Kurdish: قەیچی, مەقەس; Northern Kurdish: meqes, cawbir; Kyrgyz: кайчы; Laboya: gutti; Lao: ມີດຕັດ, ມີດຕະໄກ; Latin: forfex, axicia; Latvian: šķēres, grieznes; Lezgi: мукӏратӏ; Limburgish: sjier; Lingala: makasi; Lithuanian: žirklės; Livonian: škērõd; Lombard: forbes, fòrbes; Luganda: makansi; Luxembourgish: Schéier; Macedonian: ножици; Malagasy: hety; Malay: gunting; Malayalam: കത്രിക; Maltese: mqass; Manchu: ᡥᠠᠰᠠᡥᠠ; Maori: kutikuti, katikati; Mari Eastern Mari: вашкӱзӧ; Mbyá Guaraní: jetapa; Middle English: sisours; Minangkabau: guntiang; Mingrelian: მარგატელი; Moksha: васоньпеельхть; Mongolian Cyrillic: хайч; Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠶ᠋ᠢᠴᠢ; Neapolitan: fròbbece; Nepali: कैँची; Ngazidja Comorian: mkasi; Nogai: канышы; Northern Sami: skárrit, skierat; Northern Sotho: sekero; Northern Norwegian Bokmål: saks; Nynorsk: saks; Nuosu: ꑐꄉ; Occitan: cisèls; Okinawan: 鋏; Old English: sċēar, sċēara; Ossetian: хӕсгард; Ottoman Turkish: مقص; Pacoh: tarcâuq, tacâuq; Persian Dari: قَیْچِی; Iranian Persian: قِیْچی; Piedmontese: tisòire; Plautdietsch: Schea; Polish: nożyce nvir, nożyczki nvir; Portuguese: tesoura; Pukapukan: pākoti; Punjabi: ਕੈਂਚੀ; Quechua: qhachuti, k'utuna; Rohingya: kesi; Romani: kat; Romanian: foarfece, foarfecă; Romansch: forsch, forbesch; Russian: ножницы; Sardinian: fóltighe, fórfiga, fórfighe; Scottish Gaelic: siosar; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: ма̀казе, шка̏ре, но̏жице; Roman: màkaze, škȁre, nȍžice; Shan: ၵိမ်း; Shona: chigero; Sicilian: fòrficia; Sinhalese: කතුර; Skolt Sami: ska´rri; Slovak: nožnice; Slovene: škarje; Somali: maqas; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: nožyce; Upper Sorbian: nožicy; Southern Altai: кайчы; Southern Spanish: tijeras; Sranan Tongo: sesey, sisey; Sundanese: ᮌᮥᮔ᮪ᮒᮤᮀ; Swahili: mkasi, mikasi; Swedish: sax; Sylheti: ꠇꠦꠘ꠆ꠌꠤ; Tagalog: gunting; Tai Tajik: қайчӣ, миқроз; Tamil: கத்திரி, கத்தரிக்கோல்; Tarifit: timešraḍ; Tatar: кайчы; Telugu: కత్తెర; Tetum: kateri; Thai: กรรไกร; Tigrinya: መቐዝ; Tlingit: khaashaxáshaa; Tofa: һэйчы; Turkish: kıptı, sındı, makas; Turkmen: gaýçy; Tuvan: хачы; Ukrainian: ножиці; Urdu: قَین٘چی, کَین٘چی, قَیچی; Uyghur: قايچا; Uzbek: qaychi; Venetian: forfe; Veps: raudad; Vietnamese: kéo; Voro: kääriq; Waray-Waray: gunting; Welsh: siswrn; West Frisian: skjirre; Wolof: siso; Yakut: кыптыый, тимир кыптыыйа; Yiddish: שער; Zhuang: geuz, gauqcienj