rasorium

rasorium

Latin

Etymology

From rāsō (“shave”) +‎ -tōrium (suffix denoting a tool). Attested from the fifth century CE.[1] For a similar formation, compare *versōria.

Pronunciation

• (Proto-Romance) IPA^(key): /raˈsorʲu/

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:
  • Italian: rasoio, rasorio
  • Neapolitan: rasulo, rasole
  • Sicilian: rasulu
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: lesorja, rezordza
• North Italian:
  • Friulian: rasor
  • Romansch: rasuoir
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: rasoer, rasor, rasour, raseur
    • French: rasoir
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Catalan: raor
  • Occitan: rasor
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Spanish: rasero

References

• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “rasōrium”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 531

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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016