Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Novacula

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

NOVA'CULA (ξυρόν). A knife with a very sharp edge, employed for shaving the hair of the head or beard, like our razor. (Pet. Sat. 103. 1. Mart. ii. 66. Suet. Cal. 23. Compare CULTELLUS and CULTER, 5.) Martial (vii. 61.) applies the same name to the assassin's knife (sica).