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sitella

sitella, an urn for lots

sĭtella, ae, f. dim. [situla],
  • a kind of urn used in drawing lots. It was made narrow at the top, so that but one lot at a time could be on the surface of the water with which it was partly filled, Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 17 (295); 2, 5, 34 (342); 2, 5, 43 (351); 2, 6, 11 (363); 2, 6, 44 (396): sitellam detulit, Auct. Her. 1, 12, 21: de M. Octavio deferre sitellam, Cic. N. D. 1, 38, 106: sitella lata est, ut sortirentur, Liv. 25, 3, 16 Weissenb. ad loc.; 41, 18, 8.

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