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sĭtella , ae, f. dim. situla,
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.
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    • Plautus, Casina, 2.4
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 25, 3
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 1.38
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