forfex (noun 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.
* Transf.
* 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.
* Perh., a kind of battle-array, v. forceps, II.

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