cisorium

Latin

Etymology

Ultimately from caedō (“cut”). Attested in Vegetius, although some editors instead read ⟨excisorium⟩, and possibly in Isidore as ⟨cisoria⟩, although this requires emending the manuscript's ⟨tisoria⟩.

Noun

cīsōrium n (genitive cīsōriī or cīsōrī); second declension (Late Latin)

1. cutting instrument

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cīsōrium	cīsōria
Genitive	cīsōriī cīsōrī1	cīsōriōrum
Dative	cīsōriō	cīsōriīs
Accusative	cīsōrium	cīsōria
Ablative	cīsōriō	cīsōriīs
Vocative	cīsōrium	cīsōria

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

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: cesoia
• North Italian:
  • Lombard: scesora
  • Venetian: cesore (pl.), çisora
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: cisoir
• Ibero-Romance (?)
  • Galician: cezoiro
  • Portuguese: cisoiro

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*caesorium”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 41

Further reading

• “cisorium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cisorium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.