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.