falcastrum

== Latin == === Etymology === From falc- (“scythe”) +‎ -astrum. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [faɫˈkas.trũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [falˈkas.trum] === Noun === falcastrum n (genitive falcastrī); second declension (horticulture) bramble-cutter, brush-hook brush hook on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). === References === “falcastrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "falcastrum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “falcastrum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. falcastrum in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016