RAZOR Copy link • RAZORnovacula (the proper word): culter tonsorius. To shave anybody with a razor, radere or abradere barbam alicujus (novacula): to use sometimes scissors, sometimes a razor, modo tondere, modo radere barbam (Suet., Oct., 79): to teach anybody how to use a razor, aliquem tonstrinum docere; aliquem tondere docere.