mateola

== Latin == === Etymology === Diminutive of an unattested noun *matea (“hoe”), from Proto-Indo-European *mot-(i-) (“club, hoe”), perhaps an extension of *met- (“to cut (by measure”). Compare matia (“club, mace”); outside of Italic, cognate to Proto-West Germanic *mattjuk (“mattock”), Proto-Slavic *motyka (“hoe”), Sanskrit मत्य (matya, “club, harrow”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [maˈte.ɔ.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [maˈtɛː.o.la] === Noun === mateola f (genitive mateolae); first declension The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: an agricultural implement a kind of mallet (hammer) beetle (heavy weight, with a handle or stock, used for driving wedges or pegs, ramming down paving stones, etc.) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== ==== See also ==== matia === References === “matĕŏla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “mateola”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “mateola”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly