rāstrum

rāstr-um

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

1. (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.