noun · femininefirst declension
volsella
volsella f (genitive volsellae)
Meaning
- feminineA pair of tweezers
Protinus autem ubi plus sanguinis [e gingiva] profluit, scire licet, aliquid ex osse fractum esse. Ergo specillo conquirenda est testa, quae recessit, et volsella protrahenda est.
However, when a lot of blood immediately flows out [of the gum], you can tell that some part of the bone has been broken off. So the fragment that sank in should be found with a probe and pulled out with a pair of tweezers.c. 47 CE, Aulus Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, archived from the original on 03 Oct 2022, section 7.12:Cum... Nec vivat ullus in tuo pilus crure, Purgentque saevae cana labra volsellae...
When ... no hair lives on your leg, and cruel tweezers cleanse your gray-haired lips [of hair]...96 CE, Martial, Epigrammata, 9.27: - feminineA kind of forceps
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | volsella | volsellae |
| genitive | volsellae | volsellārum |
| dative | volsellae | volsellīs |
| accusative | volsellam | volsellās |
| ablative | volsellā | volsellīs |
| vocative | volsella | volsellae |
volsella (vuls-) or volsilla, ae, f.,
I. a kind of pincers for pulling out hairs, tweezers.
I. Lit., Plaut. Curc. 4, 4, 21; Mart. 9, 28, 5.—As a surgical instrument, forceps, Cels. 7, 12, 1; 6, 18, 3.—
II. Transf.:
pugnare volsellis, non gladio, i. e. so as to do but little damage, Varr. L. L. 9, § 33 Müll.Origins
From vulsus.