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|lshtext=<b>mătŭla</b>: ae, f.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[vessel]], [[pot]] for liquids ([[ante]]- and [[post]]-[[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> In gen.: continentur [[mundo]] muliebri [[specula]], matulae, unguenta, vasa unguentaria, Dig. 34, 2, 25, § 10. As a [[term]] of [[abuse]], a [[simpleton]], noodle (cf. Engl. colloq., a [[vessel]]): [[numquam]] ego te tam esse matulam credidi. Quid metuis? Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 64.—Prov.: Est [[modus]] matulae, we should [[observe]] [[moderation]], the [[title]] of a [[satire]] of [[Varro]].—<br /><b>II</b> In partic., a [[chamber]]-[[pot]], [[urinal]]: [[matula]] vas urinae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 125 Müll.; Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 39; Hier. Ep. 117, 8.
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