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rastrum
rastrum
English
Noun
rastrum (plural rastrums)
- A five-pointed writing implement used to draw parallel lines of a staff in sheet music.
Latin
Alternative forms
- rāstrī m (in the plural)
Etymology
From rād(ō) (“I scrape”) + -trum, from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁d- + *-trom. Confer with rādula and rallum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈraːs.trum/
Noun
rāstrum n (genitive rāstrī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | rāstrum | rāstra |
genitive | rāstrī | rāstrōrum |
dative | rāstrō | rāstrīs |
accusative | rāstrum | rāstra |
ablative | rāstrō | rāstrīs |
vocative | rāstrum | rāstra |
Derived terms
- rāstellus
- rāstrārius
Related terms
Descendants
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References
- rastrum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- rastrum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- RASTRUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “rastrum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- rastrum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- rastrum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- rastrum in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911