novacula

nŏvācŭla, ae, f. [novo],

• a sharp knife.
• • A Lit.: cutem raporum novaculā decerpere, Col. 12, 56, 1; Plin. 22, 23, 47, § 99.—
  • B Esp.
  • • 1 A razor: ut ex novaculā comperistis, tonsor est, Petr. 103, 1: aream (capitis) novaculā radere, Cels. 6, 4: nudare caput, Mart. 2, 66, 7: secare fauces, Suet. Calig. 23; Plin. 29, 6, 34, § 107: Tarquinius dixit, se cogitāsse, cotem novaculā posse praecidi, Cic. Div. 1, 17, 32; cf. Liv. 1, 36; Val. Max. 1, 4, 1.—
    • 2 A dagger: stringitur in densā nec caeca novacula turbā, Mart. 7, 61, 7.—
• II Transf., the name of a fish, otherwise unknown, Plin. 32, 2, 5, § 14.

novācula, ae, f. (novus), I) ein scharfes Messer, nov. praeacuta, Apul.: novaculam arripere, Apul.: summam cutem (raporum) novaculā decerpere, Colum.: cotem novaculā praecīdere, Cic., discindere, Cic. u. Liv., disicere, Lact., secare, Flor. (alle v. Augur Nävius): secare novaculā fauces, Suet. – bes. zum Scheren des Bartes u. des Haupthaares, das Schermesser, Rasiermesser, nov. rudis, Petron. cursu volucri pendens in novacula calvus, Phaedr.: mercenarius meus, ut ex novacula comperistis, tonsor est, Petron.: cum (tonsor) strictā novaculā supra est, Mart.: hoc (caput) saeva novacula nudet, Mart.: nihil melius est, quam novaculā cotidie radere (die Haare abzurasieren), Cels. – u. der Dolch eines Meuchelmörders, Mart. 7, 61, 7. – II) übtr., ein uns unbekannter Fisch, Plin. 32, 14.

novacula [CL], ~um [LL] 1 razor, knife; b (spec. as) lancet; c (spec. as) knife for clipping nails; d (quasi-fig. or fig.). non habeo tabulam ‥ neque ~am ad scribendum, nec cotem ad acuendam meam ~am, ut possim acuere pennam meam Ælf. Bata 4. 16. p. 40; accipe ~am et barbam meam rade cum illa Ib. 4. 25 (v. fricare 4); 10‥ navacula, scirseax WW; hoc ~um [v. l. hec ~a], i. rasorium quia novat hominem Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 376; testa ‥ capitis ita fuit gladio vorante decisa, quasi videretur foramen illud ~i peracuti verbere vel precisionis secamine abrasa R. Cold. Osw. 51 p. 380; correpta ~a testiculos ejus abscidit Gir. GE II 17 p. 246.  b callositas auferatur per incisionem cum ~a Gad. 127. 1.  c ~um, næglsex Ælf. Gl. 142; 11‥ hec ~a, rasur,i. neil chneif WW Sup. 68.  d omnes mortis ~a abrasi fuissent W. Jum. VI 6 (v. abradere 1b); 1183 quis scit, si Spiritus Sanctus idcirco humane generationis ~a, vite telam in nato regio, quam nondum perfecte texuerat, tempestive preciderit, ne ‥ P. Blois Ep. 167. 462B; capillos viserit capiti ejus, quos nullius ~a adulationis sive occultae dolositas presumptionis possit incidere J. Ford Serm. 49. 12; abcedat veritas, privetur infula, / offendens principes lingue novacula! Walt. Wimb. Palpo 123. 2 (pl.) shears, scissors. dolosas novaculas ad crines Samsonis / radendos Carm. Lew. 157. 3 (~a lunae) crescent of the moon. aliquando in mane ejusdem diei est ~a veteris lune et in vespere ~a lune Bacon Tert. 283. 4 (~um chirurgiae) spearwort (? Ranunculus lingua or Ranunculus flammula). ~um cirurgie, lanceolata aquatica idem, respice in boryth Alph. 124.

nŏvācŭla, (13) æ, f. (novo), rasoir : Cic. Div. 1, 32 ; Cels. Med. 6, 4 ; Plin. 29, 107 || [en gén.] couteau : Col. Rust. 12, 56, 1 ; Plin. 22, 99 || poignard : Mart. 7, 61, 7 || sorte de poisson : Plin. 32, 14.

novacula , ae. f.
剃頭刀。刀。

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novācula ae, f

• novo, a sharp knife, razor: cotem novaculā posse praecidi, C., L., Ph.

Novacŭla

(ξυρόν). A knife with a very sharp edge, employed for shaving the hair of the head or beard, like our razor (Petron. 103, 1; Mart. ii. 66; Suet. Cal. 23; Alciph. Ep. iii. 66, 9; cf. cultellus; culter; and especially tonsor). Martial (vii. 61) applies the same name to the assassin's knife (sica).