rastrum

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rastrum (“rake”).

Noun

rastrum (plural rastrums)

1. A five-pointed writing implement used to draw parallel lines of a staff in sheet music.

Alternative forms

• rāstrī m (in the plural)

Etymology

From rād(ō) (“I scrape”) +‎ -trum, from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁d- + *-trom. Confer with rādula and rallum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈraːs.trum/

Noun

rāstrum n (genitive rāstrī); second declension

1. (usually in the plural) rake, hoe, mattock

References

• rastrum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rastrum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• rastrum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• rastrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• rastrum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• rastrum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• rastrum in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911