English

Noun

situla ‎(plural situlae or situlas)

1. (archaeology) A deep ceramic vase with a wide opening.

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Translations

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.tu.la/, [ˈsɪ.tʊ.ɫa]

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• situlus classical
• situlum Medieval

Noun

situla f ‎(genitive situlae); first declension

1. a vessel used to hold water
   1. a bucket or pail, especially one used to draw water from a well
   2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) a vessel for holding holy water
2. a voting urn (for drawing lots or holding voting tablets); loosely, a ballot box
   1. a basin, jar, urn, vel sim. on a monument
3. (Medieval Latin) a measure of capacity for liquids

Declension

First declension.

Synonyms

• (vessel for holding water, bucket, pail): hama
• (voting urn): sitella

Derived terms

• situlārius
• situlifōrmis

Descendants

References

• sĭtŭla in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sĭtŭlus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• SITULA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• SITULUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sĭtŭla”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 1,450/1.
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sĭtŭlus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 1,450/1.
• situla in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• situla in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• “situla” on page 1,775/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• “situlus” on page 1,775/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• “situla” on page 974/2 of Jan Frederik Niermeyer’s Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (1976)

Etymology 2

Regularly declined forms of situlum, a neuter Mediaeval by-form of the feminine situla, above.

Noun

situla n

1. nominative plural of situlum
2. accusative plural of situlum
3. vocative plural of situlum