rutrum

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From ru(ō) (turn up) +‎ -trum.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

rutrum n (genitive rutrī); second declension

  1. a shovel
    Synonyms: vatillum, pāla

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rutrum rutra
Genitive rutrī rutrōrum
Dative rutrō rutrīs
Accusative rutrum rutra
Ablative rutrō rutrīs
Vocative rutrum rutra

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Galician: rodo
  • Portuguese: rodo

References[edit]

  • rutrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • rutrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • rutrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • rutrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • rutrum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin