situla

sĭtŭla, ae, f. (masc. collat. form sĭtŭlus, Cato R. R. 10, 2; 11, 3; Vitr. 10, 9 fin.; Fest. s. v. nanum, pp. 176 and 177 Müll.; Paul. Sent. 3, 7 fin.).

• • • 1 A bucket for drawing water, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 39 (671); Dig. 18, 1, 40 fin.; Poët. ap. Anthol. Burm. 1, p. 493; Non. s. v. creterra, p. 375, 6 Gerl.; cf. Becker, Gallus, 2, p. 268 (2d edit.).—
    • 2 An urn, used in drawing lots (instead of the usual sitella), Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 7 (359).

situla, ae, f. = κάδος (Gloss.), a) der Eimer zum Wasserschöpfen, Plaut. Amph. 671. Paul. dig. 18, 1, 40. § 6. Anthol. Lat. 65, 3 M. (aus Charis. 275, 24 u. Diom. 461, 24): synk. sitla, Auct. de idiom. gen. (IV) 578, 14: Nbf. situlus, ī, m., Cato r.r. 10, 2 u. 11, 3. Vitr. 10, 4 (9), 4. Paul. sent. 3, 6, 83: situlus barbatus, Paul. ex Fest. 176, 6. – b) der Krug zu Wein, situlas duas plenas mero duxit, Vopisc. Firm. 4, 5. – c) die Urne zum Losen, die Stimmurne, Plaut. Cas. 359; vgl. sitella.

1 situla v. Siculus

2 situla [CL] 1 vessel (for holding water), bucket; b (w. ref. to Is. xl 15); c (as well-bucket); d (as holy water stoup); e (fig.). ~a, omber GlC S 337; ~a, stoppa Ælf. Gl. 123; ~a a siti est dicta, eo quod apta sit sitientibus ad bibendum, vel quia aquas sitit, dum eas nunc recipit nunc effundit, dum enim una ~a effunditur alia adimpletur Bart. Angl. XIX 129; c1318 pro portacione calce [sic] in †aiclis [l. siclis] Rec. Leic. I 316; c1432 in iiij ~is emptis pro pistrino xii d. Househ. Ac. 531; c1444 pro j citula empta una cum ligaturis ferreis pro eadem xij d. Cant. Coll. Ox. II 165.  b 798 sciant omnes gentes, quasi stilla ~ae Alcuin Ep. 158; fluit hic stilla de ~a Jacob: sed erit ibi semen ejus in aquas multas G. Hoyland Ascet. 264B; ad dilectionem ejus dilectio tua quasi stilla ~e est, etsi flumen fortasse est J. Ford Serm. 13. 6.  c vulpes casu cecidit per unam ~am in puteum O. Cheriton Fab. 19; 1426 pro ‥ emendacione corde fontis sancti Wilfridi, ij d. item pro expens' circa citulas, iiij d. ‥ item pro scitulis emptis Ebor' x d. item pro uno kylpe de ferro ad eosdem Mem. Ripon III 156; 1467 in solutis pro una cetula ad fontem communem viij d. Ac. Chamb. Winchester; erat ‥ illic ~a quedam nova, que et novo similiter fune dependens, sicuti fons ipse, usui servabatur communi. in hac itaque ~a positus homo ‥ descendere cepit in puteum Mir. Hen. VI III 104 p. 182.  d c1085 unam siculam argenteam deauratam Process. Sal. 183; sequatur conversus ferens ~am cum aqua benedicta Lanfr. Const. 101; cruces ‥ candelabra, ~as, fistulas ac ornamenta varia S. Durh. HR 169 p. 214; ~am ‥ cum aspersorio ad aquam benedictam ‥ sacrista inveniet Cust. Westm. 148; 1433 ij setule de blu'bo [i. e. plumbo] pro aqua benedicta ‥ iiij s. Ac. Durh. 232.  e de tribus digitis vestre pie dominantis paternitatis moderatrix pendet ~a discretionis ‥ ~a igitur discretionis novit fluida cordium elementa in unum colligendo metiri R. Cold. Cuthb. 1; si plus sumeret de fonte pecunie non posset quandoque saciari ex ~a avaritie Canon. G. Sempr. f. 45; sustinens enim ‥ justam ab universitate magnatum Anglie repulsam, ne amplius bona sua in regni confusionem effunderent, studuit subtiliter per alia argumenta avaritie sue ~am inebriare M. Par. Maj. V 49. 2 (used for other purposes): a (as measure); b (med., as cupping glass); c (as musical instrument). a ~o [sic], modiolum GlC S 311.  b ventosa seu ~a in qua reponitur arida stirparum [? l. scirporum] materia igne accensa sanguinem allicit, quia aere incluso in ~a ignis edacitate consumpto, ne relinquatur locus vacuus, adest sanguis Neckam NR I 19 p. 64.  c zambuca, cithare, situleque, tubeque, vielle / buccina cum nablis, simphonicisque choris R. Maidstone Conc. 293.

3 situla [CL sitis+-ula; cf. siticula], kind of snake (supposed to provoke thirst by its bite; cf. dipsas). serpentes ‥ qui dipsades dicuntur, Latine vero ~e, quia perimunt hominem siti ‥ dicitur autem ~a per contrarium, vas enim, quod situla dicitur, sitim aufert, hec affert Gerv. Tilb. III 116; aspidis diverse sunt species et habent dispares effectus ad nocendum sc. διψάς qui Latine ~a dicitur, quia quem momorderit siti interimit et occidit Bart. Angl. XVIII 9.

sĭtŭla, (15) æ, f. , seau : Pl. Amph. 671 || urne [de vote] : Pl. Cas. 359.

situla , ae. f.
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SITULA

SI´TULAdim. SITELLA (ὑδρία), a bucket for drawing water from a draw-well (Dig. 18, 1,

40.6) or for carrying it (Plaut. Amph. 2.2, 30; Isid. Orig. 20.15). Those for carrying water were either of earthenware (as in Egypt) and carried two together by a yoke, or of bronze (see Marquardt, Privatleben, p. 656). In Plaut. Cas. 2.4, 17, it was a voting-urn; but in this sense we usually find the diminutive form sitella (Plaut. Cas. 2.6, 11; Liv. 25.3, 41.18-Z2), as also urna and orca (Verg. A. 6.431; Val. Max., 4; Lucan (Luc. 5.394; Vopisc. Prob. 8). It seems that, as among the Greeks, the urn in which the lots were placed was filled with water; and when this was poured out, the lot which appeared first floating on it was decisive: hence in Plaut. l. c., Situlam huc tecum afferto cum aqua et sortes: and the expressions in Vopiscus, qui primum emergeret and Probi nomen effusum est (cf. Cic. in Verr. 2.5. 1, 127; in Vatin. 14, 34; Marquardt, Privatl. p. 548). For the difference between sitella, the urn from which the names of the tribes or centuries were drawn to determine the order of voting, and cista the voting-box, see CISTA

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Sitŭla

dim. sitella (ὑδρία). A bucket for drawing water from a well, or for carrying it (Plaut. Amph. ii. 2, 30). It was sometimes of pottery and sometimes of bronze (Marquardt, Privatleben, p. 656). The word is also applied to a voting-urn (Plaut. Cas. ii. 6. 11), and to an urn for drawing lots (Plaut. l. c.). See cista.