rutabulum

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Latin

Etymology

From ru(tā) (“to dig”) +‎ -bulum.

Pronunciation

Noun

rutābulum n (genitive rutābulī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rutābulum rutābula
Genitive rutābulī rutābulōrum
Dative rutābulō rutābulīs
Accusative rutābulum rutābula
Ablative rutābulō rutābulīs
Vocative rutābulum rutābula

Descendants

  • Catalan: redable
  • Old French: roable

References

  • “rutabulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • rutabulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “rutabulum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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