rutrum

Latin

Etymology

From ru(ō) (“turn up”) +‎ -trum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈru.trum/, [ˈrʊt̪rʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈru.trum/, [ˈruːt̪rum]

Noun

rutrum n (genitive rutrī); second declension

1. a shovel

   Synonyms: vatillum, pāla

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	rutrum	rutra
genitive	rutrī	rutrōrum
dative	rutrō	rutrīs
accusative	rutrum	rutra
ablative	rutrō	rutrīs
vocative	rutrum	rutra

Derived terms

• rutellum

Descendants

• Galician: rodo
• Portuguese: rodo

References

• “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