forceps
καὶ τὸ σιγᾶν πολλάκις ἐστὶ σοφώτατον ἀνθρώπῳ νοῆσαι → and silence is often the wisest thing for a man to heed, and often is man's best wisdom to be silent, and often keeping silent is the wisest thing for a man to heed
Latin > English
forceps forcipis N F :: pair of tongs, pincers
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
forceps: cĭpis (
I 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.
I 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).—
II 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).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
forceps,¹³ ĭpis, m. f., tenailles, pinces [de forgeron] : Virg. G. 4, 175 || fortes pinces [pour serrer et enlever les pierres] : Vitr. Arch. 10, 2 || pinces, tenettes, forceps, davier : Virg. En. 12, 404 ; Col. Rust. 6, 26, 2 ; Cels. Med. 7, 12 || espèce d’ordre de bataille : Cat. d. Fest. 344, 12 ; Gell. 10, 9, 1 ; Veg. Mil. 3, 19 || pinces de l’écrevisse : Plin. 11, 97. gén. pl. forcipium Lucil. Sat. 401.
Latin > German (Georges)
forceps, cipis, c. (aus formus, heiß = θερμός u. capio, eig. das Heiße fassend), die Zange, I) eig., die Z. der Metallarbeiter, Verg. Aen. 8, 453; georg. 4, 175. Ov. met. 12, 277. Hieron. epist. 18, 14. – als Marterwerkzeug, Ov. met. 6, 556 u. 9, 78. – als Instrument des Chirurgen, Verg. Aen. 12, 404. Cels. 7, 5, 2 u. 4: bes. zum Ausziehen der Zähne, Cels. 7, 12, 1. Lucil. 401 u. 403. Varro sat. Men. 441. – II) übtr., eine Art Schlachtordnung, wo die Flügel auseinander gingen, die Zange, Cato de re mil. fr. 11 (bei Fest. 344 [b], 12). Amm. 16, 11, 3. – / Genet. Plur. forcipium, Lucil. 401. – Nach Brandis de aspiratione Latina (Bonnae 1881) ist forceps die ursprüngliche Form, dann forfex u. dann forpex, w. s.
