vatillum

Latin

Alternative forms

• batillum (later form showing betacism)

Etymology

Diminutive of vannus (“winnowing-basket”). Compare scabellum, regular diminutive of scamnum.

Noun

vatillum n (genitive vatillī); second declension

1. a shovel

   Synonyms: rutrum, pāla

2. a firepan, chafing dish

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vatillum	vatilla
Genitive	vatillī	vatillōrum
Dative	vatillō	vatillīs
Accusative	vatillum	vatilla
Ablative	vatillō	vatillīs
Vocative	vatillum	vatilla

References

• vatillum in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• vatillum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “vatillum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press