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1 forceps
forceps, cĭpis ( 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. ther-, thermê, theros; Lat. for-mus, for-nus, fornax and cap-io], a pair of tongs, pincers, forceps (cf.:I.forfex, volsella): forcipem invenit Cinyra Agriopae filius,
Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 195.Lit.:II.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).—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). -
2 eveho
I.Lit.:b.omnia (signa) ex fanis, ex locis publicis palam plaustris evecta exportataque esse,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20:aquas ex planis locis,
Liv. 1, 38 fin.; cf. Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 224:stercus (with exportare),
Cato R. R. 5, 8:merces (opp. inveho),
Varr. R. R. 1, 16, 6; Dig. 10, 4, 5 et saep.:incaute se evehentes Masinissa excipiebat,
throwing themselves out, rushing out, Liv. 29, 34:naves in altum,
id. 25, 27.—In an upward direction; palmaque nobilis Terrarum dominos evehit ad deos, raises aloft, elevates, * Hor. C. 1, 1, 6; cf.:aliquem ad aethera,
Verg. A. 6, 130:ad auras,
Ov. M. 14, 127:in caelum,
Juv. 1, 38.—Reflex., to ride out or forth, to move out, move forth, proceed, advance, go, spread:B. II.evectus effreno equo,
springing forwards, Liv. 4, 33: cf.longius,
Tac. A. 12, 14:de nocte,
Suet. Aug. 97 fin.:evecti Aegeo mari Delum trajecerunt,
Liv. 44, 28 fin.; cf. id. 28, 30:ad portum,
id. 37, 15 fin.:in altum,
id. 21, 50:ratibus ad regem,
Just. 2, 6 et saep.:in ancoras evehi,
to run foul of the anchors, Liv. 22, 19.— With the acc. of the place:evectus os amnis,
Curt. 9, 9 fin. —Trop.A.To carry forth, take out, spread abroad:B.ut semel e Piraeeo eloquentia evecta est, omnes peragravit insulas,
went forth, Cic. Brut. 13, 51; cf.:fama ejus evecta insulas,
Tac. A. 12, 36:spe vana evectus,
carried forwards, Liv. 42, 62; cf.inconsultius,
id. 35, 31;and, longius,
Quint. 9, 3, 87:magicae vanitates in tantum evectae, ut, etc.,
Plin. 26, 4, 9, § 18:evectus sum longius,
I have made too long a digression, Amm. 15, 12, 6.—In an upward direction, to raise or lift up, to elevate:quem usque in tertium consulatum amicitia Principis evexerat,
Vell. 2, 90; cf.:aliquos ad consulatus,
Tac. Or. 13; and:imperium ad summum fastigium,
Curt. 4, 14, 20; cf.:ad magnum culmen,
Amm. 16, 6.—In the part. perf., advanced, promoted:consiliarii in summum evecti fastigium,
Vell. 2, 56, 3; cf. id. 2, 53, 3:privatum supra modum evectae opes,
increased, Tac. A. 14, 52.— With dat.:aliquem evehere summis honoribus,
Spart. Hadr. 15.
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