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