noun · femininefirst declension
situla
situla f (genitive situlae)
Classical[ˈsɪ.tʊ.ɫa]Ecclesiastical[ˈsiː.tu.la]
Meaning
- femininea bucket or pail, especially one used to draw water from a well
- EcclesiasticalLatinfemininea vessel for holding holy water
- Medieval Latinfemininea measure of capacity for liquids
- femininea voting urn (for drawing lots or holding voting tablets); loosely, a ballot box
- femininea basin, jar, urn, vel sim. on a monument
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | situla | situlae situlī |
| genitive | situlae situlī | situlārum situlōrum |
| dative | situlae situlō | situlīs |
| accusative | situlam | situlās situlōs |
| ablative | situlā situlō | situlīs |
| vocative | situla situle | situlae situlī |
sĭtŭla, ae, f. (
I. masc. collat. form sĭtŭ-lus, Cato, R. R. 10, 2; 11, 3; Vitr. 10, 9 fin.; Fest. s. v. nanum, pp. 176 and 177 Müll.; Paul. Sent. 3, 7 fin.).
1. A bucket for drawing water, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 39; Dig. 18, 1, 40 fin.; Poët. ap. Anthol. Burm. 1, p. 493; Non. s. v. creterra, p. 375, 6 Gerl.; cf. Becker, Gallus, 2, p. 268 (2d edit.).—
2. An urn, used in drawing lots (instead of the usual sitella), Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 7.
Origins
Possibly from the same Proto-Indo-European root common to Lithuanian si̇́etas (“sieve”) and Middle Irish sithlad (“the act of sieving”).
Borrowings
- Englishsitula
- Frenchsitule
- Italiansitula
- Portuguesesítula
- Romaniansitulă
- Spanishsítula
- GermanSeidelfrom Middle High German sīdel
- Albanianshek
- Byzantine Greekσίτλα
- Czechžejdlíkfrom Middle High German sīdel
Italo-Romance
- Italiansecchia
- Italiansecchio
- Neapolitansicchio
- Neapolitansecchio
- Neapolitansicchiu
- Siciliansicchiu
Gallo-Romance
- Frenchseille
- Occitanselha
- Franco-Provençalsèlye
- Gasconselh
- Poitevin-Saintongeaisseil
Ibero-Romance
- Portugueseselha
- Galiciansella
North Italian
- Friuliansegle
- Ladinsegla
- Ladinsedla
- Ligurianséggia
- Piedmontesesia
- Piedmontesesija
- Piedmontesesegia
- Piedmontesesigia
- Piedmontesesigèla
- Piedmontesesigilin
Dalmatian
- Serbo-Croatianси̏длоfrom unknown sidlo
- Serbo-Croatiansȉdlofrom unknown sidlo