rutabulum
πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention
Latin > English
rutabulum rutabuli N N :: rod with flat end; (for shifting coal in oven); (stirring thick liquid); penis
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
rŭtābŭlum: i, n. ruo,
I an instrument for raking or stirring up.
I Lit.
A For fire, a fire-shovel, oven-rake, Cato, R. R. 10, 3; 11, 5; Novat. ap. Fest. p. 262 Müll. (Com. Rel. p. 226 Rib.); Suet. Aug. 75.—
B For cookery, a wooden shovel or spattle for stirring and mixing liquids, Col. 12, 20, 4; 12, 23, 2.—*
II Transf., = membrum virile, Naev. ap. Fest. p. 262 Müll. (Com. Rel. p. 24 Rib.).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
rŭtābŭlum,¹⁴ ī, n. (ruo), fourgon, râble [de boulanger] : Cato Agr. 10, 3 ; Fest. 262 || spatule : Col. Rust. 12, 20, 4 || membre viril : Næv. 127.
Latin > German (Georges)
rutābulum, ī, n. (von *rutāre, graben, xu ruo), ein Werkzeug zum Aufscharren, Aufrühren, I) eig.: a) die Ofenkrücke (vgl. Fest. 262 [b], 9. Paul. ex Fest. 263, 7), Nov. com. 80. Cato r. r. 10, 3 u. 11, 5. Suet. Aug. 75. – b) die Rührkelle, Rührschaufel, Colum. 12, 20, 4. – c) die Krücke zum Ausmisten, Isid. orig. 20, 8, 6 (wo vulg. Nbf. rotabulum). – II) übtr., vom männl. Gliede, Naev. com. 127.
