sitella

Latin

Alternative forms

*sitellus

Etymology

From situla (“bucket for drawing water; urn”) +‎ -la (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /siˈtel.la/, [s̠ɪˈt̪ɛlːʲä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /siˈtel.la/, [siˈt̪ɛlːä]

Noun

sitella f (genitive sitellae); first declension

a voting urn

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sitella	sitellae
Genitive	sitellae	sitellārum
Dative	sitellae	sitellīs
Accusative	sitellam	sitellās
Ablative	sitellā	sitellīs
Vocative	sitella	sitellae

Descendants

(See also *sitellus)

Franco-Provençal: séla, cëla, sella
Lombard: sidèla, sedèla
Romansch: sadeala, sadela

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sĭtĕlla”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 11: S–Si, page 660

Further reading

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

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