sportula

== English == === Etymology === Latin sportula (“small basket, by extension a prize”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈspɔː(ɹ)tjʊlə/, /ˈspɔː(ɹ)t͡ʃələ/ === Noun === sportula (plural sportulae) (archaic) A gift or prize, especially ones given by rich Romans. === References === “sportula”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === postural, pulsator == Latin == === Etymology === From sporta (“hamper or basket”) + -ula. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈspɔr.tʊ.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈspɔr.tu.la] === Noun === sportula f (genitive sportulae); first declension a small basket or hamper a dole (a daily allocation of food or money, especially as given by patrons to their clients) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → Byzantine Greek: σπόρτυλον (spórtulon), σπόρτουλον (spórtoulon), σπόρτυλος (spórtulos) → Arabic: بِرْطِيل (birṭīl)→ Turkish: bartıl, partıl → Classical Syriac: ܐܣܦܪܛܘܠܐ, ܐܣܦܘܪܛܠܘܢ, ܐܣܦܘܪܛܘܠܘܢ → English: sportule, sportula → French: sportule → German: Sportel→ Danish: sportel→ Norwegian: sportel→ Swedish: sportel→ Finnish: sportteli → Portuguese: espórtula === References === “sportula” on page 1996 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012) === Further reading === “sportula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “sportula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "sportula", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “sportula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “sportula”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “sportula”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin