LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neuterthird declension

puteal

puteal n (genitive puteālis)
Classical[ˈpʊ.te.aɫ]Ecclesiastical[ˈpuː.te.al]

Meaning

  1. neutera puteal (stone enclosure or curb around a well)
  2. neutera structure of the same form marking a sacred site

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeputealputeālia
genitiveputeālisputeālium
dativeputeālīputeālibus
accusativeputealputeālia
ablativeputeālīputeālibus
vocativeputealputeālia

pŭtĕal (collat. form † pŭtĕāle, Inscr. Ann. 16, p. Chr. n. ap. Orell. 4517), ālis, n. puteus.
I. A stone curb round the mouth of a well: puteal, περιστόμιον φρέατος, Gloss. Philox.: putealia sigillata duo, Cic. Att. 1, 10, 3; Dig. 19, 1, 14.—
II. Transf., a similar curb placed round any spot. Thus, at Rome, the Puteal, erected in the Comitium, to commemorate the cutting of a whetstone with a razor by the augur Attus Navius, near the Arcus Fabianus. It was subsequently restored by Scribonius Libo, and was called also Puteal Libonis. Money matters were here transacted. According to others, the Puteal of Libo was different from that of Attus Navius: impositum, Cic. Div. 1, 17, 33; id. Sest. 8, 18; Ov. R. Am. 561: Libonis, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 8; id. S. 2, 6, 35; Pers. 4, 49.

Origins

A nominalization of the neuter form puteāle of the adjective puteālis (“well-related, pertaining to a well”), with apocope of final e. Shortening of an originally long vowel before word-final /l/ is regular in words of more than one syllable. Equivalent to puteus (“well”) + -al.

Descendants
  • Italianputeale
  • Spanishpozalfrom Old Spanish pozal
  • Englishputeal

In English words that came into English from puteal

  • putealputeal

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesPutealPuteal the stone kerb round the mouth of a well. This was sometimes nearly flush with the ground, a flat stone with a circular opening, of which there…

Quick answers

What does puteal mean in Latin?
puteal, a noun, means “a puteal (stone enclosure or curb around a well); a structure of the same form marking a sacred site”.
What is the genitive of puteal?
The genitive singular is puteālis. puteal is neuter, third declension.
How do you pronounce puteal?
In classical Latin, [ˈpʊ.te.aɫ]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈpuː.te.al].