novacula

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *(ks)nowātlā, probably from Proto-Indo-European *ksnew-, extended from *kes- (“to scratch, itch”). See also Latin saucius, Ancient Greek ξύω (xúō), and Old English besnyþian.

Pronunciation

Noun

novācula f (genitive novāculae); first declension

  1. A sharp knife (which was used for shaving)
    Synonym: culter
  2. dagger, razor

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative novācula novāculae
genitive novāculae novāculārum
dative novāculae novāculīs
accusative novāculam novāculās
ablative novāculā novāculīs
vocative novācula novāculae

Descendants

References

  • “novacula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “novacula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • novacula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “novacula”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 585
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