acetabla

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Attestation:	BG·36.1 (acetabla VIII) (1)
Language:	Latin
Word Type:	noun
Grammatical Categories:	nom. pl. neut.
Stem Class:	o
Morphemic Analysis:	—
Phonemic Analysis:	—
Meaning:	'vinegar bowls'

Commentary

Latin term for small cups or bowls (~ 0.068 l) which held (typically) vinegar or honey, besides several other functions, usually made of ceramics or glass (DNP s.v. Acetabulum). Syncope in the fourth syllable, as also attested in the Transalpine Gaulish loan acitabli (inflected as a masculine, see Adams 2003: 700 f.).

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

Adams 2003	James N. Adams, Bilingualism and the Latin Language, Cambridge: 2003.
DNP	Hubert Cancik, Helmuth Schneider (eds), New Pauly Online, Leiden: Brill 2002–.