scutulam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →scutula, scutulae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
small shallow dish/pan; figure of lozenge/rhombus/diamond shape;; wooden cylinder; roller; secret writing/letter (L+S); cylindrical snake;
acc. sg.
Examples
Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...nauclerico; causeam habeas ferrugineam, et scutulam ob oculos laneam, palliolum habeas ferrugineum (nam is colos thalassicust), id conexum..."Liber VIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...tulerunt; libra fuit quinto Septiciana quidem; besalem ad scutulam sexto peruenimus anno; Post hunc in cotula rasa selibra..."