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|lshtext=<b>mătella</b>: or mătēla, ae, f.<br /> [[dim]]. [[matula]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[pot]], a [[vessel]] for liquids.<br /><b>I</b> In gen.: [[matella]] aquae, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 543, 17; Varr. ib. 19; [[Cato]], R. R. 10; 11.—Prov.: mus in [[matella]], of a [[person]] in [[difficulty]], Petr. 58, 9.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic., a [[chamber]]-[[pot]], Mart. 12, 32, 13; id. 6, 89, 1; 14, 119 in lemm.; Sen. Ben. 3, 26, 2.—Hence, prov.: matellam praestare alicui, i. e. to [[perform]] for one the [[most]] [[menial]] offices, Mart. 10, 11, 3.—Transf., of a [[prostitute]], Petr. 45, 8.
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