Lewis Short
nŏvācŭla (noun F) : novo
* A sharp knife.
* Lit.: cutem raporum novaculā decerpere,Col. 12, 56, 1; Plin. 22, 23, 47, § 99.
* Transf., the name of a fish, otherwise unknown, Plin. 32, 2, 5, § 14.
* 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.
* A dagger: stringitur in densā nec caeca novacula turbā,Mart. 7, 61, 7.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary