novacula

nŏvācŭla, ae, f. [novo], a sharp knife.

A.

Lit.:

cutem raporum novaculā decerpere,

Col. 12, 56, 1; Plin. 22, 23, 47, § 99.—

B.

Esp.

1.

A razor:

ut ex novaculā comperistis, tonsor est,

Petr. 103:

aream (capitis) novaculā radere,

Cels. 6, 4:

nudare caput,

Mart. 2, 66, 7:

secare fauces,

Suet. Calig. 23; Plin. 29, 6, 34, § 107:

Tarquinius dixit, se cogitāsse, cotem novaculā posse praecidi,

Cic. Div. 1, 17, 32; cf. Liv. 1, 36; Val. Max. 1, 4, 1.—

2.

A dagger:

stringitur in densā nec caeca novacula turbā,

Mart. 7, 61, 7.—

II.

Transf., the name of a fish, otherwise unknown, Plin. 32, 2, 5, § 14.