Batillum

Batillum

Batillum or vatillum was an ancient Roman iron shovel with a short handle used for various purposes, especially as a fire-shovel, chafing-dish, and for burning incense. ["Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities" by Harry Thurston Peck (1898), [http://www.chlt.org/sandbox/perseus/harper/page.1513.a.php p. 1514] .]

References


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • BATILLUM seu US — apud Trebellium Pollion. in Claudio, c. 14. coctilium quottidiana batilla quatuor: hama est quae igni admovetur. Gallice une palc a seu, Graece πυράμη. Scribit enim Suidas, non unô locô, πυράμην vulgo suâ aetate dictam, quae antiquitus fuerit… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • badil — (Del lat. vulgar *batile < lat. batillum, pala.) ► sustantivo masculino Pala pequeña de metal para remover la lumbre de chimeneas y braseros. TAMBIÉN badila * * * badil (del lat. «batillum») 1 m. Paleta de metal que se emplea para recoger la… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • bateau — [ bato ] n. m. • batel 1138; a. angl. bât (angl. mod. boat); ou rad. bat « objet vieux », cf. lat. batillum, bas lat. batalarius 1 ♦ Construction flottante destinée à la navigation. ⇒ navire; barque, bâtiment, embarcation, vaisseau. REM. Dans la… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • VATILLUM — quod aliis Batillum minus recte, uti docet vetus Horatii Interpres, qui Vatillum diminuitvum ait esse a vase, quasi vas parvum, in quo odores incendebantur. Graecis ἄμη, quae vox cum duas res significaret apud illos, et instrumentum fossorium,… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Tsitsamuri — ( ka. წიწამური) is a small village outside Mtskheta, Georgia. It is known as the place where the nation s famous writer and poet, Ilia Chavchavadze, was assassinated in 1907.Near Tsitsamuri (identified as the Seusamora of Strabo) a ruined… …   Wikipedia

  • Алтарь созвездие — созвездие на южном небе. Оно же носит названия: Ara, Batillum, Focus, Ignitab ulum, Pharus, Primarum conceptaculum, Puteus, Sacranum, Templum, Thuribulum …   Энциклопедический словарь Ф.А. Брокгауза и И.А. Ефрона

  • Алтарь, созвездие — созвездие на южном небе. Оно же носит названия: Ara, Batillum, Focus, Ignitabulum, Pharus, Primarum conceptaculum, Puteus, Sacranum, Templum, Thuribulum …   Энциклопедический словарь Ф.А. Брокгауза и И.А. Ефрона

  • Rhinobatos — Rhinobatos …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Oxylobium —   Oxylobium …   Wikipedia Español

  • Vatillum — (lat.), s. Batillum …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”