rastrum
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin rastrum (“rake”).
Noun[edit]
rastrum (plural rastrums)
- A five-pointed writing implement used to draw parallel lines of a staff in sheet music.
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- rāstrī m (in the plural)
Etymology[edit]
From rād(ō) (“I scrape”) + -trum, from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁d- + *-trom. Confer with rādula and rallum.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈraːs.trum/, [ˈraːs̠.t̪ɾʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈras.trum/, [ˈras.t̪rum]
Noun[edit]
rāstrum n (genitive rāstrī); second declension
Declension[edit]
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 |
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References[edit]
- 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.
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