rastrum

English

a single staff rastrum

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rastrum (“rake”).

Noun

rastrum (plural rastrums)

1. A five-pointed writing implement used to draw parallel lines of a staff in sheet music.

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Latin

Alternative forms

• rāstrī m (in the plural)

Etymology

From rād(ō) (“I scrape”) +‎ -trum, from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁d- + *-trom. Confer with rādula and rallum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈraːs.trum/, [ˈraːs̠.t̪ɾʊ̃ˑ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈras.trum/, [ˈras.t̪rum]

Noun

rāstrum n (genitive rāstrī); second declension

1. (usually in the plural) rake, hoe, mattock

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rāstrum	rāstra
Genitive	rāstrī	rāstrōrum
Dative	rāstrō	rāstrīs
Accusative	rāstrum	rāstra
Ablative	rāstrō	rāstrīs
Vocative	rāstrum	rāstra

Derived terms

• rāstellus
• rāstrārius

Related terms

• rādō

Descendants

• Catalan: rastre
• Galician: rastro
• German: Raster
• Italian: rastro

• Portuguese: rastro, rasto
• Romanian: rastru
• Russian: растр (rastr)
• Spanish: rastro

References

• rastrum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rastrum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• rastrum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• rastrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• rastrum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• rastrum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• rastrum in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.