vatillum

== Latin == === Alternative forms === batillum (later form showing betacism) === Etymology === Diminutive of vannus (“winnowing-basket”). Compare scabellum, regular diminutive of scamnum. === Noun === vatillum n (genitive vatillī); second declension a shovel Synonyms: rutrum, pāla a firepan, chafing dish ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Descendants ==== (Note: see batillum.) === References === vatillum in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung “vatillum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “vatillum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press