forficula

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ἄνδρα μοι ἔννεπε, μοῦσα, πολύτροπον, ὃς μάλα πολλὰ πλάγχθη → Tell me, Muse, about the man of many turns, who many ways wandered (Cook translation of Odyssey 1.1)

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

forfĭcŭla: ae, f.
dim. forfex,
I a pair of small shears, scissors: quod incisum forficulis, cribrant, Plin. 25, 5, 23, § 58.