forceps: Difference between revisions

|lshtext=<b>forceps</b>: cĭpis (<br /><b>I</b> gen. plur. forcipium, Lucil. ap. [[Charis]]. p. 74), m. and f. (m., Cels. 7, 12; 8, 4; f., Ov. M. 12, 277) [[root]] in Sanscr. ghar-mas, [[glow]], [[warmth]]; Gr. θερ-, [[θέρμη]], [[θέρος]]>; Lat. for-mus, for-nus, [[fornax]] and [[cap]]-io], a [[pair]] of [[tongs]], [[pincers]], [[forceps]] (cf.: [[forfex]], [[volsella]]): forcipem invenit Cinyra Agriopae [[filius]], Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 195.<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: Cyclopes versant tenaci forcipe [[ferrum]], Verg. G. 4, 175; firetongs, id. A. 12, 404; Ov. M. 12, 277: uncis forcipibus dentes evelleret, Lucil. ap. [[Charis]]. p. 74 P.; [[pincers]] for [[drawing]] teeth, Cels. 7, 12; 8, 4; and for [[other]] surgical purposes, id. 7, 5; Col. 6, 26, 2: compressa forcipe [[lingua]], Ov. M. 6, 556: ceu guttura forcipe [[pressus]], id. ib. 9, 78: ferrei, [[iron]] [[tongs]] or hooks [[attached]] to a [[tackle]], and [[which]], by [[firmly]] [[grasping]] a [[mass]] of [[stone]] or [[marble]], [[raise]] it [[aloft]], Vitr. 10, 2 (al. forfices).—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., a [[kind]] of battlearray, [[with]] diverging wings, [[Cato]] ap. Fest. s. v. [[serra]], p. 344 Müll.; Gell. 10, 9, 1; Veg. Mil. 3, 18 (al. [[forfex]]).