sitella Latin · revision 34455

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la situla}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [sɪˈtɛl.la]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [siˈtɛl.la]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sitella''' ''f'' (genitive sitellae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[der|la|situla|t=bucket, urn]], a diminutive.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Wiktionary) The OLD analyses it as the stem of that noun with the suffix [[m|la|-ella]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found first in Plautus' ''Casina'',^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879) of the urn from which lots are drawn.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a narrow-necked vessel partly filled with water: the lots were put in and the vessel shaken, and since only one lot could float at the top of the neck, it was drawn out.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) In the assemblies it decided the order in which the tribes voted, and it was also used to hold the voting tablets in a trial.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) Cicero uses ''sitellam deferre'' of putting a question about someone to the vote, and Livy writes of the urn being brought so that lots could be drawn.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Medieval British glossaries use it for a small bucket and for a cheese vat.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it in the ''Casina''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses ''sitellam deferre''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy writes of the urn brought for drawing lots.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An [[m|en|urn]] from which [[m|en|lot|alt=lots]] were drawn, especially to fix the order in which the tribes voted; an urn for voting tablets.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A small [[m|en|bucket]];^(DMLBS) a cheese vat.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[situla]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}