What is the Latin word for milk-pail?

The usual Latin words for “milk-pail” are mulctrum, mulctrārĭum. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“milk-pail” in Latin

mulctrummilk-pail mulctrārĭuma milking-pail

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

milk-pail

mulctra (Col.); mulctrarium (Verg., Georg., 3, 177, where some editions have mulctralia, plur.): mulctrum (Hor.).

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What is the Latin word for milk-pail?: The usual Latin words for “milk-pail” are mulctrum, mulctrārĭum. 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.