Forceps
Tongs, pincers, nippers, or pliers, used in antiquity for various purposes.
1.
A pair of tongs (
πυράγρα, θερμαστρίς) for taking heated
metal out of the fire, or holding it upon the anvil; used by smiths, and therefore attributed
to Vulcan and the Cyclopes. (See
Incus.)
2.
As a surgical
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Forcipes. (Blūmner.) a, b, and e,
from vase-paintings; c, from the altar of Vulcan at Veii; d, from a bas-relief; f, from an original now in
the Zürich Museum.
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instrument, a forceps (
λαβίς, Hippocr.). Several
specimens found at Pompeii are figured under
Chirurgia.
3.
In military language, a tenaille; in which sense, however,
forfex is
more used (Amm. Marc. xvi. 11.3). See
Forfex.
