novacula
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /noˈu̯aː.ku.la/, [noˈu̯äːkʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /noˈva.ku.la/, [noˈväːkulä]
Noun
[edit]novācula f (genitive novāculae); first declension
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | novācula | novāculae |
genitive | novāculae | novāculārum |
dative | novāculae | novāculīs |
accusative | novāculam | novāculās |
ablative | novāculā | novāculīs |
vocative | novācula | novāculae |
Descendants
[edit]- Asturian: navaya
- Catalan: navalla
- Mirandese: nabalha
- Old Galician-Portuguese: navalla
- → Portuguese: novácula
- Spanish: navaja
References
[edit]- “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
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- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- Latin feminine nouns in the first declension
- Latin feminine nouns
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