cisorium

Latin

Etymology

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

cīsōrium n (genitive cīsōriī or cīsōrī); second declension (Late Latin)

  1. cutting instrument

Declension

Second-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

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: cesoia
  • North Italian:
    • Lombard: scesora
    • Venetian: cesore (pl.), çisora
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance (?)
    • Galician: cezoiro
    • Portuguese: cisoiro

References

  1. 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

  • 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.
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