situla

Meaning

  1. (declension-1, feminine) a vessel used to hold water
  2. (Ecclesiastical, Latin, declension-1, feminine) a vessel used to hold water
  3. (Medieval-Latin, declension-1, feminine) a vessel used to hold water
  4. (declension-1, feminine) a voting urn (for drawing lots or holding voting tablets); loosely, a ballot box
  5. (declension-1, feminine) a voting urn (for drawing lots or holding voting tablets); loosely, a ballot box

Synonyms

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈsɪ.tʊ.ɫa]
Etymology

Possibly from the same Proto-Indo-European root common to Lithuanian si̇́etas (“sieve”) and Middle Irish sithlad (“the act of sieving”).

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