noun · femininefirst declension
mateola1
mateola f (genitive mateolae)
Classical[maˈte.ɔ.ɫa]Ecclesiastical[maˈtɛː.o.la]
Meaning
- femininean agricultural implement
- femininea kind of mallet (hammer)
- femininebeetle (heavy weight, with a handle or stock, used for driving wedges or pegs, ramming down paving stones, etc.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mateola | mateolae |
| genitive | mateolae | mateolārum |
| dative | mateolae | mateolīs |
| accusative | mateolam | mateolās |
| ablative | mateolā | mateolīs |
| vocative | mateola | mateolae |
matĕŏla, ae, f., perh.
I. a kind of mallet or beetle:
si (talea) parum descendet, malleolo aut mateola adigito, Cato, R. R. 45, 2; 46, 2 (also ap. Plin. 17, 18, 29, § 126).Origins
Proto-Indo-European *met-der. Proto-Indo-European *mot-(i-) Latin *matea Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ola Latin mateola Diminutive of an unattested noun *matea (“hoe”), from Proto-Indo-European *mot-(i-) (“club, hoe”), perhaps an extension of *met- (“to cut (by measure”). Compare matia (“club, mace”); outside of Italic, cognate to Proto-West Germanic *mattjuk (“mattock”), Proto-Slavic *motyka (“hoe”), Sanskrit मत्य (matya, “club, harrow”).
Italo-Romance
- Italianmazzuola
- Italianmazzuolo
- Sicilianmazzola
- Sicilianmazzolu
Gallo-Romance
- Occitanmaçòla