sitella
Latin
Etymology
From situla (“urn, bucket”) + -la (diminutive ending).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sɪˈtɛl.la]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [siˈt̪ɛl.la]
Noun
sitella f (genitive sitellae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
| 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
- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sĭtĕlla”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 11: S–Si, page 660
- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*sĭtĕllus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 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.