LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

rutābulum

rutābulum n (genitive rutābulī)
Classical[rʊˈtaː.bʊ.ɫũː]Ecclesiastical[ruˈtaː.bu.lum]

Meaning

  1. shovel; spatula (for cooking); any of several other tools with a flattened end

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativerutābulumrutābula
genitiverutābulīrutābulōrum
dativerutābulōrutābulīs
accusativerutābulumrutābula
ablativerutābulōrutābulīs
vocativerutābulumrutābula

rŭtābŭlum, i, n. ruo,
I. an instrument for raking or stirring up.
I. Lit.
A. For fire, a fire-shovel, oven-rake, Cato, R. R. 10, 3; 11, 5; Novat. ap. Fest. p. 262 Müll. (Com. Rel. p. 226 Rib.); Suet. Aug. 75.—
B. For cookery, a wooden shovel or spattle for stirring and mixing liquids, Col. 12, 20, 4; 12, 23, 2.—*
II. Transf., = membrum virile, Naev. ap. Fest. p. 262 Müll. (Com. Rel. p. 24 Rib.).

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Latin -bulum Latin rutābulum From ru(tā) (“to dig”) + -bulum.

Descendants
  • Catalanredable
  • Frenchrâblefrom Old French roable

In English words that came into English from rutābulum

  • rabblerutābulum

Quick answers

What does rutābulum mean in Latin?
rutābulum, a noun, means “shovel; spatula (for cooking); any of several other tools with a flattened end”.
What is the genitive of rutābulum?
The genitive singular is rutābulī. rutābulum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce rutābulum?
In classical Latin, [rʊˈtaː.bʊ.ɫũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ruˈtaː.bu.lum].