forceps
English edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin forceps.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɔːsɛps/, /ˈfɔːsəps/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfoɹsɛps/
- (without the horse–hoarse merger, rhotic) IPA(key): /ˈfɔ(ː)ɹsɛps/
Noun edit
forceps (plural forceps or forcipes or forcepses)
- An instrument used in surgery or medical procedures for grasping and holding objects, similar to tongs or pincers.
Usage notes edit
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).
Synonyms edit
Hyponyms edit
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
instrument used in surgery
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Further reading edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin forceps.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
forceps m (plural forceps)
Further reading edit
- “forceps”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *formokaps through syncope. By surface analysis, formus (“warm”) + -ceps (“taker”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfor.keps/, [ˈfɔrkɛps̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfor.t͡ʃeps/, [ˈfɔrt͡ʃeps]
Noun edit
forceps m (genitive forcipis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | forceps | forcipēs |
Genitive | forcipis | forcipum |
Dative | forcipī | forcipibus |
Accusative | forcipem | forcipēs |
Ablative | forcipe | forcipibus |
Vocative | forceps | forcipēs |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “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 edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
forceps n (plural forcepsuri)
Declension edit
Declension of forceps
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) forceps | forcepsul | (niște) forcepsuri | forcepsurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) forceps | forcepsului | (unor) forcepsuri | forcepsurilor |
vocative | forcepsule | forcepsurilor |