batillum
batillum, a fire-pan, chafing-dish
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vatillo neuter dative singular, neuter ablative singular of batillum
- A shovel, a fire-shovel, coal-shovel, dirt or dungshovel, etc.: batilli ferrei, Plin. 33, 8, 44, § 127; 34, 11, 26, § 112; Treb. Pol. Claud. 14; Varr. R. R. 3, 6, 5.—
- II A fire-pan, chafing-dish, fumigating-pan, incense-pan: prunae batillum, * Hor. S. 1, 5, 36 (Jahn, K. and H. vatillum).
in stipendiis iiij carpentariorum ‥ faciencium et batellancium cum predictis reyles et bord’, postibus et solis, duo batella super summitate duarum turrium prius non batellatarum ‥ et in predictis duobus batellis dealbandis cum calce(
➳ la forme vatillum semble préférable || batillus, m. , M. Emp. 27.
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Prætextam, et latum clavum, prunæque Batillum.
Ubi Batillinomine foculus intelligendus est, in quo suaves odores incendebantur ad hospites et convivas recreandos.
Batillivocabulo etiam usus est Plinius 33. 8. Illud igitur a Cangio prætermitti potuisset in Glossario infimæ Latinitatis.
- dim, a fire - pan, chafing-dish: prunae, H.
BATILLUM(batillumor vatillum, Hor. Sat. 1.5, 36), a shovel with a short handle, made of iron (Plin. Nat.33.127, 34.112), used for various purposes, such as collecting dung (Varr. R. R. 3.6.3), and also as a fire-shovel, or cafing-dish, sometimes used to burn perfumes or incense. (Hor. l. c.; Treb. Poll. Claud. 14; Salmas. and Casaub. ad loc.; Apic. 7.9.)
[W.S]or Vatillum. An iron shovel with a short handle used for various purposes, especially as a fire-shovel, chafing-dish, and for burning incense. See Horace, Sat. i. 5. 36.