forfex

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin forfex.

Pronunciation

Noun

forfex (plural forfices)

  1. (obsolete) A pair of shears.

References

Latin

Etymology

According to De Vaan, from Proto-Italic *forðom, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerdʰ- and so, cognate with Ancient Greek πέρθω (pérthō, to sack, to ravage) and πορθέω (porthéō, to pillage).

Pronunciation

Noun

forfex f or m (genitive forficis); third declension

  1. pair of shears or scissors

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative forfex forficēs
Genitive forficis forficum
Dative forficī forficibus
Accusative forficem forficēs
Ablative forfice forficibus
Vocative forfex forficēs

Descendants

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  • forfex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • forfex in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • forfex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • forfex”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • forfex”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  • forfex in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  • Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “fŏrfex”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 257