noun · neutersecond declension
quasillum
quasillum n (genitive quasillī)
Meaning
- neutersmall basket
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | quasillum | quasilla |
| genitive | quasillī | quasillōrum |
| dative | quasillō | quasillīs |
| accusative | quasillum | quasilla |
| ablative | quasillō | quasillīs |
| vocative | quasillum | quasilla |
quăsillum, i, n., and quăsillus, i, m. dim. qualum,
I. a small basket for various purposes; esp., a wool-basket (class.), Cato, R. R. 133.—Of wool-baskets:
inter quasilla pendebatur aurum, in the spinning-room, Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 10: pressumque quasillo Scortum, who must spin, i. e. low, mean, Tib. 4, 10, 3; Prop. 4 (5), 7, 37. Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
quasillum ī, n
qualum, a wool-basket : inter quasilla, i. e. in the spinning-room : Scortum quasillo pressum, i. e. low, mean , Tb., Pr.
Origins
Diminutive form of Latin quālum.