LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

rāstrum

rāstrum n (genitive rāstrī)
Classical[ˈraːs.trũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈras.trum]

Meaning

  1. plural normallyrake, hoe, mattock

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativerāstrumrāstra
rāstrī
genitiverāstrīrāstrōrum
dativerāstrōrāstrīs
accusativerāstrumrāstra
rāstrōs
ablativerāstrōrāstrīs
vocativerāstrumrāstra
rāstrī

rastrum, i, n., usually in plur., ra-stri, ōrum, m. (so nom. rastri, Varr. L. L. 5, § 136 Müll.; Verg. G. 1, 164; Ov. M. 11, 36; acc. rastros, Cato, R. R. 10, 3; 11, 4; Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 6; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 36; 5, 1, 58 al.; but rastra, Cels. ap. Non. 222, 8; Ov. M. 14, 2; Juvenc. 15, 166; cf. Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 94; 2, 421; Stat. Th. 3, 589) [rado],
I. a toothed hoe, a rake, used for breaking up the soil, a mattock: rastris glebas qui frangit inertes, Verg. G. 1, 94: arva obnoxia rastris, id. ib. 2, 439; 3, 534; cf.: rastris terram domat, id. A. 9, 608: graves, Ov. M. 11, 36: vulnera Rastrorum fert tellus, id. ib. 2, 287: rastros quadridentes, Cato, l. l.: ligneis rastris sarriendus, Col. 2, 11, 4.— Comically spoken of as the comb of Polyphemus, with the sickle as his razor, Ov. M. 13, 765.— Prov.: si illi pergo suppeditare sumptibus, mihi illaec vero ad rastros res redit, it will bring me to the hoe, i. e. I shall be reduced to work for my living, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 58.

Origins

  1. Proto-Italic*razdō
  2. Latinrāstrum

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Italic *-trom Latin -trum Latin rāstrum From rādō (“to scrape”) + -trum. Compare with rādula and rallum.

Descendants
  • Catalanrastre
  • Italianrastro
  • Portugueserasto
  • Portugueserastro
  • Romanianrastru
  • Spanishrastro
  • GermanRaster
  • Galicianrastro
  • Russianрастр

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesRastrumRastrum, RASTRI, RASTELLUS. In this word the neuter form belongs to the singular; the masculine, as though from raster, to the plural. As regards its …

Quick answers

What does rāstrum mean in Latin?
rāstrum, a noun, means “rake, hoe, mattock”.
What is the genitive of rāstrum?
The genitive singular is rāstrī. rāstrum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce rāstrum?
In classical Latin, [ˈraːs.trũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈras.trum].
Where does rāstrum come from?
Proto-Italic *razdō → Latin rāstrum.