forceps

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See also: fòrceps, fórceps, and Forceps

English

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plastic forceps

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin forceps.

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Noun

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forceps (plural forceps or forcipes or forcepses)

  1. An instrument used in surgery or medical procedures for grasping and holding objects, similar to tongs or pincers.

Usage notes

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Although the Latin word is singular, this word is often treated as a plurale tantum by analogy with names for similar items such as tongs and tweezers: this forceps or these forceps (or even pair of forceps).

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French

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin forceps.

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Noun

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forceps m (plural forceps)

  1. (medicine) forceps

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *formokaps through syncope. By surface analysis, formus (warm) +‎ -ceps (taker).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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forceps m (genitive forcipis); third declension

  1. (pair of) tongs, pincers, forceps

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative forceps forcipēs
Genitive forcipis forcipum
Dative forcipī forcipibus
Accusative forcipem forcipēs
Ablative forcipe forcipibus
Vocative forceps forcipēs

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References

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  • forceps”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • forceps”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • forceps 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)
  • forceps in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • forceps”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • forceps”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French forceps.

Noun

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forceps n (plural forcepsuri)

  1. forceps

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