LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

quālum

quālum n (genitive quālī)

Meaning

  1. a basket press, press basket
    qualos, per quos vinum defluit, qui et ipsi a colando dicti sunt the press baskets, through which the wine flows, the name is from colando (cōlō (“to filter, strain”)c. 4th-5th century, Servius Honoratus, In Vergilii Georgica commentarii
  2. a wool basket
  3. a fruit or harvest hamper

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativequālumquāla
genitivequālīquālōrum
dativequālōquālīs
accusativequālumquāla
quālōs
ablativequālōquālīs
vocativequālum
quāle		quāla

quālum, i, n., and quālus, i, m.,
I. a wicker basket or hamper, for various purposes; a fruit-hamper, wool-basket, winestrainer, etc. (cf. colum).
1. Neutr.: quala satoria, Cato, R. R. 11, 5; so, quala, id. ib. 23, 1: mundissima, Col. 7, 3, 9.—
2. Masc.: in qualos pertusos propagari, Cato, R. R. 52, 1: spisso vimine qualos, Verg. G. 2, 241 Serv.; so Hor. C. 3, 12, 4: saligneus, Col. 9, 15, 12; 8, 3, 4: vindemiatorii, Dig. 33, 7, 8 pr.; Pall. 4, 10.

Origins

Probably from the same root of Proto-Slavic *košь (“basket”). De Vaan finds a connection with the root of quatiō (“to shake, brandish”) conceivable. Perhaps related with cōlum (“strainer”).

Quick answers

What does quālum mean in Latin?
quālum, a noun, means “a basket press, press basket; a wool basket; a fruit or harvest hamper”.
What is the genitive of quālum?
The genitive singular is quālī. quālum is neuter, second declension.