razor
razor
subs.
Ar. and V. ξύ̆ρον, τό, Ar. μά̆χαιρα, ἡ, μᾰχαιρί̆ς, ἡ.
Carry a razor, v.: Ar. ξῠροφορεῖν.
subs.
Ar. and V. ξύ̆ρον, τό, Ar. μά̆χαιρα, ἡ, μᾰχαιρί̆ς, ἡ.
Carry a razor, v.: Ar. ξῠροφορεῖν.
RAZOR
novacula (the proper word): culter tonsorius. To shave anybody with a razor radere or abradere barbam alicujus (novacula): to use sometimes scissors sometimes a razor modo tondere modo radere barbam (Suet. Oct. 79): to teach anybody how to use a razor aliquem tonstrinum docere; aliquem tondere docere.
novacula (the proper word): culter tonsorius. To shave anybody with a razor radere or abradere barbam alicujus (novacula): to use sometimes scissors sometimes a razor modo tondere modo radere barbam (Suet. Oct. 79): to teach anybody how to use a razor aliquem tonstrinum docere; aliquem tondere docere.
razor:
I. For shaving: nŏvācŭla Liv. 1, 36. (Culter tonsōrius, cultellus tonsoris, are too indefinite, and may denote any kind of barber's knife or shears; it being the custom to clip the beard before shaving with a razor was invented.) Phr.: let not the r. deface the hair, nec male deformet tonsura capillos, Ov. Am. 1, 517: sometimes to use scissors, and sometimes to shave the beard, modo tondere modo radere barbam, Suet. Aug. 79.
II. A fish: novacula piscis, Plin. H. N. 32, 2, 5.
I. For shaving: nŏvācŭla Liv. 1, 36. (Culter tonsōrius, cultellus tonsoris, are too indefinite, and may denote any kind of barber's knife or shears; it being the custom to clip the beard before shaving with a razor was invented.) Phr.: let not the r. deface the hair, nec male deformet tonsura capillos, Ov. Am. 1, 517: sometimes to use scissors, and sometimes to shave the beard, modo tondere modo radere barbam, Suet. Aug. 79.
II. A fish: novacula piscis, Plin. H. N. 32, 2, 5.
Razor
See novacula; tonsor.