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

  1. 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

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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