I.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; 2, 5, 34; 2, 5, 43; 2, 6, 11; “2, 6, 44: 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.
sĭtella , ae, f. dim. situla,
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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