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Webster 1913 Edition


Forfex


For′fex

,
Noun.
[L.]
A pair of shears.
Pope.

Webster 1828 Edition


Forfex

FOR'FEX

,
Noun.
[L.] A pair of scissors.

Definition 2024


forfex

forfex

English

Noun

forfex (plural forfices)

  1. (obsolete) A pair of shears.
    • Alexander Pope, Rape of the Lock
      The Peer now spreads the glitt'ring Forfex wide,
      T'inclose the Lock; now joins it, to divide.
    • Thomas Dudley Fosbroke, Encyclopædia of antiquities
      the Classical forfices


Latin

Noun

forfex f (genitive forficis); third declension

  1. pair of shears or scissors

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative forfex forficēs
genitive forficis forficum
dative forficī forficibus
accusative forficem forficēs
ablative forfice forficibus
vocative forfex forficēs

Descendants

  • Romansch: forsch, forbesch
  • Sardinian: fóltighe, fórfiga, fórfighe
  • Sicilian: fòrficia
  • Venetian: forfe

References