rutabulum
Latin
Etymology
From ru(tā) (“to dig”) + -bulum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ruˈtaː.bu.lum/, [rʊˈtaː.bʊ.ɫũ]
Noun
rutābulum n (genitive rutābulī); second declension
- shovel; spatula (for cooking); any of several other tools with a flattened end
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | rutābulum | rutābula |
| Genitive | rutābulī | rutābulōrum |
| Dative | rutābulō | rutābulīs |
| Accusative | rutābulum | rutābula |
| Ablative | rutābulō | rutābulīs |
| Vocative | rutābulum | rutābula |
Descendants
- Old French: roable
- French: râble
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