rāstrum
From rādō (“to scrape”) + -trum. Compare with rādula and rallum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈraːs.trũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈras.trum]
Noun
rāstrum n (genitive rāstrī); second declension
- (usually in the plural) rake, hoe, mattock
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter or otherwise).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | rāstrum | rāstra
rāstrī |
| genitive | rāstrī | rāstrōrum |
| dative | rāstrō | rāstrīs |
| accusative | rāstrum | rāstra
rāstrōs |
| ablative | rāstrō | rāstrīs |
| vocative | rāstrum | rāstra
rāstrī |
- The plural can be either masculine (as if from rāster, a form that is unattested in Classical Latin but occurs in later glosses) or neuter.