rasorium

Latin

Etymology

From rādō (“shave”) +‎ -tōrium (suffix denoting a tool). Attested from the fifth century CE. Compare *versōria.

Noun

rāsōrium n (genitive rāsōriī or rāsōrī); second declension (Late Latin)

1. razor

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

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

References

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

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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016