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rŭtābŭlum , i, n. ruo,
I.an instrument for raking or stirring up.
I. Lit.
A. For fire, a fire-shovel, oven-rake, Cato, R. R. 10, 3; 11, 5; Novat. ap. Fest. p. 262 Müll. (Com. Rel. p. 226 Rib.); Suet. Aug. 75.—
B. For cookery, a wooden shovel or spattle for stirring and mixing liquids, Col. 12, 20, 4; 12, 23, 2.—*
II. Transf., = membrum virile, Naev. ap. Fest. p. 262 Müll. (Com. Rel. p. 24 Rib.).
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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