shovel
shovel
subs.
Ar. and P. ἄ̆μη, ἡ (Xen.).
subs.
Ar. and P. ἄ̆μη, ἡ (Xen.).
shovel
v. trans.
Heap up: P. συννεῖν, Ar. ἐπῐνεῖν ; see heap.
Shovel away, clear away: P. ἐκκαθαίρειν.
v. trans.
Heap up: P. συννεῖν, Ar. ἐπῐνεῖν ; see heap.
Shovel away, clear away: P. ἐκκαθαίρειν.
SHOVEL
s. pala (general term): batillum or batillus (especially a fire-shovel): ventilabrum (for shoveling corn etc.). Shovelfull pala plena.
s. pala (general term): batillum or batillus (especially a fire-shovel): ventilabrum (for shoveling corn etc.). Shovelfull pala plena.
v. batillo tollere (to shovel away coals etc.): *pala tollere (to shovel away anything).
shovel (subs.):
1. pāla (gen. term; esp. a shovel for putting bread into an oven): speaking of the requisites for a farmer, Cato mentions six shovels, sex palae, R. R. 11, fin.: also a winnowing shovel: Tert.
2. bătillum (usu. but not always made of wood): Varro mentions batillum ligneum cum serrula ferrea messis causa, R. R. 1, 50, med.: it was a tool a little hollowed out to catch the ears of corn; also used for collecting manure: cf. id. 3, 6, fin.
3. perh. rutrum (for raking out): Cato R. R. 10: Liv.
4. rŭtābŭlum (fire-shovel, oven-rake): Cato R. R. 10: Suet. Aug. 75. Phr.: to measure out money with a s., modio numos metiri (said of a rich man), Petr. 3, 7.
1. pāla (gen. term; esp. a shovel for putting bread into an oven): speaking of the requisites for a farmer, Cato mentions six shovels, sex palae, R. R. 11, fin.: also a winnowing shovel: Tert.
2. bătillum (usu. but not always made of wood): Varro mentions batillum ligneum cum serrula ferrea messis causa, R. R. 1, 50, med.: it was a tool a little hollowed out to catch the ears of corn; also used for collecting manure: cf. id. 3, 6, fin.
3. perh. rutrum (for raking out): Cato R. R. 10: Liv.
4. rŭtābŭlum (fire-shovel, oven-rake): Cato R. R. 10: Suet. Aug. 75. Phr.: to measure out money with a s., modio numos metiri (said of a rich man), Petr. 3, 7.
shovel (v.): expr. by pālā, bătillo, rutro, etc.; tollere, ējicere, etc. When speaking familiarly the subs. may be omitted, as, s. out those coals, *ejice illos carbones.
Shovel
See batillum; pala.