novacula

Latin

Etymology

Proto-Italic *(ks)nowātlo-, probably from Proto-Indo-European *ksnew-, extended from *kes- (“to scratch, itch”). See also Latin saucius, Ancient Greek ξύω (xúō), Old English besnyþian, and Sanskrit क्षर (kṣara, “melting away, perishable”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /noˈwaː.ku.la/, [nɔˈwaː.kʊ.ɫa]

Noun

novācula f (genitive novāculae); first declension

a sharp knife, dagger, razor

Inflection

First declension.

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, novácula
Spanish: navaja

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 II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 585

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