"forfex" meaning in Latin

See forfex in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈfɔr.fɛks] [Classical-Latin], [ˈfɔr.feks] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: According to De Vaan, from Proto-Italic *forðom, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerdʰ- (“to capture, shear”), and cognate with Umbrian [script needed] (furfant, “to do something (probably shearing) to sheep”), Ancient Greek πέρθω (pérthō, “to sack, to ravage”), and πορθέω (porthéō, “to pillage”). Etymology templates: {{der|la|itc-pro|*forðom}} Proto-Italic *forðom, {{der|la|ine-pro|*bʰerdʰ-|t=to capture, shear}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰerdʰ- (“to capture, shear”), {{cog|xum|t=to do something (probably shearing) to sheep|tr=furfant}} Umbrian [script needed] (furfant, “to do something (probably shearing) to sheep”), {{cog|grc|πέρθω|t=to sack, to ravage}} Ancient Greek πέρθω (pérthō, “to sack, to ravage”) Head templates: {{la-noun|forfex<3>|g1=f|g2=m}} forfex f or m (genitive forficis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|forfex<3>}} Forms: forficis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], forfex [nominative, singular], forficēs [nominative, plural], forficis [genitive, singular], forficum [genitive, plural], forficī [dative, singular], forficibus [dative, plural], forficem [accusative, singular], forficēs [accusative, plural], forfice [ablative, singular], forficibus [ablative, plural], forfex [singular, vocative], forficēs [plural, vocative]
  1. pair of shears or scissors Tags: declension-3, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-forfex-la-noun-3HYmF3ab Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Tools

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "lang_code": "rup",
      "word": "foarficã"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "lang_code": "rup",
      "word": "foarticã"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "lang_code": "rup",
      "word": "fortãche"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Emilian",
      "lang_code": "egl",
      "word": "forbza"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "forces"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Venetan",
          "lang_code": "vec",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "forfe"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "lang_code": "fur",
      "word": "fuarpis"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Venetan",
          "lang_code": "vec",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "forfe"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "lang_code": "fur",
      "word": "fuarfis"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Venetan",
          "lang_code": "vec",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "forfe"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "lang_code": "fur",
      "word": "forfes"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Lombard",
      "lang_code": "lmo",
      "word": "fores"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Lombard",
      "lang_code": "lmo",
      "word": "forves"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Lombard",
      "lang_code": "lmo",
      "word": "fraus"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Neapolitan",
      "lang_code": "nap",
      "word": "forfece"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Neapolitan",
      "lang_code": "nap",
      "word": "fuerceue"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Neapolitan",
      "lang_code": "nap",
      "word": "frovece"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "forfe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "forfias"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "word": "forbice"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "word": "forbici"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "forfice"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "foarfecă"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "foarfece"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romagnol",
      "lang_code": "rgn",
      "word": "formece"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "lang_code": "rm",
      "word": "forsch"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "lang_code": "rm",
      "word": "forbesch"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "fóltighe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "fórfiga"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "fórfighe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "forbigi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "fòrficia"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "fròvici"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "lang_code": "vec",
      "word": "forfeze"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "lang_code": "vec",
      "word": "forbeze"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "fórfice"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*forðom"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *forðom",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰerdʰ-",
        "t": "to capture, shear"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰerdʰ- (“to capture, shear”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xum",
        "t": "to do something (probably shearing) to sheep",
        "tr": "furfant"
      },
      "expansion": "Umbrian [script needed] (furfant, “to do something (probably shearing) to sheep”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "πέρθω",
        "t": "to sack, to ravage"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek πέρθω (pérthō, “to sack, to ravage”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "According to De Vaan, from Proto-Italic *forðom, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerdʰ- (“to capture, shear”), and cognate with Umbrian [script needed] (furfant, “to do something (probably shearing) to sheep”), Ancient Greek πέρθω (pérthō, “to sack, to ravage”), and πορθέω (porthéō, “to pillage”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "forficis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forfex",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forficēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forficis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forficum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forficī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forficibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forficem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forficēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forfice",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forficibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forfex",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forficēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "forfex<3>",
        "g1": "f",
        "g2": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "forfex f or m (genitive forficis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "forfex<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Tools",
          "orig": "la:Tools",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pair of shears or scissors"
      ],
      "id": "en-forfex-la-noun-3HYmF3ab",
      "links": [
        [
          "pair",
          "pair"
        ],
        [
          "shears",
          "shears"
        ],
        [
          "scissors",
          "scissors"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfɔr.fɛks]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfɔr.feks]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "forfex"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "lang_code": "rup",
      "word": "foarficã"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "lang_code": "rup",
      "word": "foarticã"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "lang_code": "rup",
      "word": "fortãche"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Emilian",
      "lang_code": "egl",
      "word": "forbza"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "forces"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Venetan",
          "lang_code": "vec",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "forfe"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "lang_code": "fur",
      "word": "fuarpis"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Venetan",
          "lang_code": "vec",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "forfe"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "lang_code": "fur",
      "word": "fuarfis"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Venetan",
          "lang_code": "vec",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "forfe"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "lang_code": "fur",
      "word": "forfes"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Lombard",
      "lang_code": "lmo",
      "word": "fores"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Lombard",
      "lang_code": "lmo",
      "word": "forves"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Lombard",
      "lang_code": "lmo",
      "word": "fraus"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Neapolitan",
      "lang_code": "nap",
      "word": "forfece"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Neapolitan",
      "lang_code": "nap",
      "word": "fuerceue"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Neapolitan",
      "lang_code": "nap",
      "word": "frovece"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "forfe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "forfias"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "word": "forbice"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "word": "forbici"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "forfice"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "foarfecă"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "foarfece"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romagnol",
      "lang_code": "rgn",
      "word": "formece"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "lang_code": "rm",
      "word": "forsch"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "lang_code": "rm",
      "word": "forbesch"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "fóltighe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "fórfiga"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "fórfighe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "forbigi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "fòrficia"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "fròvici"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "lang_code": "vec",
      "word": "forfeze"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "lang_code": "vec",
      "word": "forbeze"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "fórfice"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*forðom"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *forðom",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰerdʰ-",
        "t": "to capture, shear"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰerdʰ- (“to capture, shear”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xum",
        "t": "to do something (probably shearing) to sheep",
        "tr": "furfant"
      },
      "expansion": "Umbrian [script needed] (furfant, “to do something (probably shearing) to sheep”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "πέρθω",
        "t": "to sack, to ravage"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek πέρθω (pérthō, “to sack, to ravage”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "According to De Vaan, from Proto-Italic *forðom, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerdʰ- (“to capture, shear”), and cognate with Umbrian [script needed] (furfant, “to do something (probably shearing) to sheep”), Ancient Greek πέρθω (pérthō, “to sack, to ravage”), and πορθέω (porthéō, “to pillage”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "forficis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forfex",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forficēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forficis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forficum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forficī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forficibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forficem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forficēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forfice",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forficibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forfex",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forficēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "forfex<3>",
        "g1": "f",
        "g2": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "forfex f or m (genitive forficis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "forfex<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin feminine nouns",
        "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin masculine nouns",
        "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin nouns with multiple genders",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin third declension nouns",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for native script for Umbrian terms",
        "la:Tools"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pair of shears or scissors"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pair",
          "pair"
        ],
        [
          "shears",
          "shears"
        ],
        [
          "scissors",
          "scissors"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfɔr.fɛks]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfɔr.feks]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "forfex"
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.