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 Latin) IPA(key): [nɔˈwaː.kʊ.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [noˈvaː.ku.la] === Noun === novācula f (genitive novāculae); first declension a sharp knife (which was used for shaving) Synonym: culter dagger, razor ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Asturian: navaya Catalan: navalla Mirandese: nabalha Old Galician-Portuguese: 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