sitella

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Latin

Etymology

From situla (“urn, bucket”) +‎ -la (diminutive ending).

Pronunciation

Noun

sitella f (genitive sitellae); first declension

  1. an urn for holding ballots

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sitella sitellae
Genitive sitellae sitellārum
Dative sitellae sitellīs
Accusative sitellam sitellās
Ablative sitellā sitellīs
Vocative sitella sitellae

Descendants

(All with the sense of ‘bucket’ found in the root situla but apparently not attested for sitella)[1]

Reflexes of an assumed masculine variant *sitellus:[2]

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sĭtĕlla”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 11: S–Si, page 660
  2. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*sĭtĕllus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 11: S–Si, page 661

Further reading

  • “sitella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sitella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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