novacula

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
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /noˈu̯aː.ku.la/, [noˈu̯äːkʊɫ̪ä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /noˈva.ku.la/, [noˈväːkulä]

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.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative novācula novāculae
Genitive novāculae novāculārum
Dative novāculae novāculīs
Accusative novāculam novāculās
Ablative novāculā novāculīs
Vocative novācula novāculae

Descendants
  • Asturian: navaya
  • Catalan: navalla
  • Galician: navalla
  • Portuguese: navalha
  • Spanish: navaja
  • → Portuguese: novácula

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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