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  • 1 forfex

    scissors, shears

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  • 2 forfex

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  • 3 ferrum

    ferrum, i, n. [cf. Sanscr. dharti, firmness; Lat. firmus], iron.
    I.
    Lit., Plin. 34, 14, 39, § 138; Lucr. 1, 571; 5, 1241; 1286; Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151; id. Leg. 2, 18, 45; Caes. B. G. 5, 12, 5; Hor. S. 1, 4, 20 et saep.:

    mustum quod resipit ferrum,

    has a taste of iron, Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 3.—
    B.
    Poet.
    1.
    As a fig. of hard-heartedness, unfeelingness, cruelty, etc.:

    gerere ferrum in pectore,

    Ov. M. 9, 614; cf.:

    ferrum et scopulos gestare in corde,

    id. ib. 7, 33:

    durior ferro,

    id. ib. 14, 712; hence for the iron age, id. ib. 1, 127; 15, 260; Hor. Epod. 16, 65.—
    2.
    As an image of firmness, endurance, Ov. Pont. 4, 10, 3.—
    II.
    Transf., any thing made of iron, an iron implement, as a plough: glebas proscindere ferro, Lucil. ap. Non. 401, 19:

    solum terrae,

    Lucr. 5, 1295; cf.

    also, campum,

    Ov. M. 7, 119:

    ferro scindimus aequor,

    Verg. G. 1, 50; a hatchet:

    ferro mitiget agrum,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 186; an axe:

    mordaci velut icta ferro Pinus,

    id. C. 4, 6, 9; 4, 4, 60 (for which, shortly before, bipennis); cf. Lucr. 6, 168; a dart:

    petita ferro belua,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 10; the tip of an arrow:

    exstabat ferrum de pectore aduncum,

    Ov. M. 9, 128; the head (of a spear), Tac. G. 6; an iron stylus:

    dextra tenet ferrum,

    id. ib. 9, 522; hair-scissors:

    solitus longos ferro resecare capillos,

    id. ib. 11, 182; curling-irons:

    crines vibratos calido ferro,

    Verg. A. 12, 100 et saep.—Esp. freq. a sword:

    Drusum ferro. Metellum veneno sustulerat,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 33, 81:

    in aliquem cum ferro invadere,

    id. Caecin. 9, 25:

    aut ferro aut fame interire,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 30 fin.:

    uri virgis ferroque necari,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 58; cf.:

    gladiator, ferrum recipere jussus,

    the stroke of the sword, Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 41. So, ferrum et ignis, like our fire and sword, to denote devastation, utter destruction:

    huic urbi ferro ignique minitantur,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 14, 37; cf.:

    hostium urbes agrique ferro atque igni vastentur,

    Liv. 31, 7, 13:

    pontem ferro, igni, quacumque vi possent, interrumpant,

    id. 2, 10, 4; 30, 6, 9; 1, 59, 1:

    ecce ferunt Troës ferrumque ignemque Jovemque In Danaas classes,

    Ov. M. 13, 91:

    inque meos ferrum flammasque penates Impulit,

    id. ib. 12, 551; so, conversely, igni ferroque, Cic. Phil. 13, 21, 47; Liv. 35, 21, 10; cf. Tac. A. 14, 38; Suet. Claud. 21:

    flamma ferroque,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 35, § 78; Flor. 2, 17, 15; 3, 18, 14; Sen. Const. Sap. 2, 2: ferrum, i. q. arms, for battle, war, force of arms: ferro, non auro, vitam cernamus, utrique, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 202 ed. Vahl.); cf.: quem nemo ferro potuit superare nec auro, id. ap. Cic. Rep. 3, 3 (Ann. v. 220 ed. Vahl.): adnuit, sese mecum decernere ferro, id. ap. Prisc. p. 822 P. (Ann. v. 136 ed. Vahl.):

    decernere ferro,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 78, 317; Liv. 40, 8 fin.; Verg. A. 7, 525; 11, 218:

    cernere ferro,

    id. ib. 12, 709:

    ferro regna lacessere,

    with war, id. ib. 12, 186; cf.:

    atque omnis, Latio quae servit purpura ferro,

    i. e. made subject by the force of arms, Luc. 7, 228.— Prov.: ferrum meum in igni est, i. q. mea nunc res agitur, Sen. Mort. Claud.

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  • 4 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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > forfex

  • 5 forficula

    forfĭcŭla, ae, f. dim. [forfex], a pair of small shears, scissors:

    quod incisum forficulis, cribrant,

    Plin. 25, 5, 23, § 58.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > forficula

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