rutabulum

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

rŭtābŭlum, i, n. [ruo], 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.).