rutrum

== Latin == === Etymology === From ru(ō) (“to dig”) + -trum. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈrʊ.trũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈruː.trum] === Noun === rutrum n (genitive rutrī); second declension a shovel Synonyms: vatillum, pāla ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Derived terms ==== rutellum ==== Descendants ==== Galician: rodo Italian: rutro, ratra (obsolete) Portuguese: rodo === References === “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