rasorium

Latin

Etymology

From rādō (shave) + -tōrium (suffix denoting a tool). Attested from the fifth century CE.[1] Compare *versōria.

Noun

rāsōrium n (genitive rāsōriī or rāsōrī); second declension (Late Latin)

  1. razor

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rāsōrium rāsōria
Genitive rāsōriī
rāsōrī1
rāsōriōrum
Dative rāsōriō rāsōriīs
Accusative rāsōrium rāsōria
Ablative rāsōriō rāsōriīs
Vocative rāsōrium rāsōria

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Corsican: rasoghju
    • Italian: rasoio, rasorio
    • Neapolitan: rasulo, rasole
    • Sicilian: rasulu
  • Insular Romance:
  • North Italian:
    • Friulian: rasor
    • Romansch: rasuoir
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:

References

  1. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “rasōrium”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 10: R, page 93

Further reading

  • rasorium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • rasorium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • rasorium in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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