sitella
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From situla (“bucket for drawing water; urn”) + -la (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /siˈtel.la/, [s̠ɪˈt̪ɛlːʲä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /siˈtel.la/, [siˈt̪ɛlːä]
Noun[edit]
sitella f (genitive sitellae); first declension
- a voting urn
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
(See also *sitellus)
References[edit]
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sĭtĕlla”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 11: S–Si, page 660
Further reading[edit]
- “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.