cisorium
Latin
editEtymology
editUltimately 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⟩.[1]
Noun
editcīsōrium n (genitive cīsōriī or cīsōrī); second declension (Late Latin)
- cutting instrument
Declension
editSecond-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
editReferences
edit- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*caesorium”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 41
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “cincel”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 84
Further reading
edit- “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.