nŏvācŭla, ae, f. [novo],
I 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.