rutellum

Latin

Etymology

From rutrum (“shovel”) +‎ -lum (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ruˈtel.lum/, [rʊˈt̪ɛlːʲʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ruˈtel.lum/, [ruˈt̪ɛlːum]

Noun

rutellum n (genitive rutellī); second declension

a little shovel

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rutellum	rutella
Genitive	rutellī	rutellōrum
Dative	rutellō	rutellīs
Accusative	rutellum	rutella
Ablative	rutellō	rutellīs
Vocative	rutellum	rutella

References

“rutellum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
rutellum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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