cisorium
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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⟩.[1]
Noun
[edit]cīsōrium n (genitive cīsōriī or cīsōrī); second declension (Late Latin)
- cutting instrument
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| 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
[edit]References
[edit]- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*caesorium”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 41
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “cincel”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume 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.