What is the Latin word for bucket?

The usual Latin words for “bucket” are situla, hydria, urna; also modiolus, hama, sitella. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“bucket” in Latin

situlaa voting urn (for drawing lots or holding voting tablets); loosely, a ballot box hydriajug, ewer, urn urnaurn, a moderately sized vessel for drawing water; ballot box, particularly the urns used in gathering Roman ballots unde modioluscup (small drinking vessel); bucket of a water wheel; hub (of a wheel)hamaa water-bucket or pail (especially one for extinguishing fires), a firebucket sitellaan urn for holding ballots urnulaA little urn; A water urn; A cinerary urn

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

bucket

situlus, situla, hydria, urna; modiolus (on a wheel for drawing water): hama (for drawing and carrying, especially a fire-bucket). A little bucket, sitella, urnula.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for bucket?: The usual Latin words for “bucket” are situla, hydria, urna; also modiolus, hama, sitella. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.