The corpus record — Latin

matula

matula · f

a vessel, pot

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Where it lives

Mostellaria 2 · 2.08/10k
Persa 1 · 1.27/10k
Amphitruo 1 · 1.02/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 1 · 0.23/10k

What it meant

mătŭla — Lewis & Short

mătŭla, ae, f.,

I a vessel, pot for liquids (ante- and post-class.).

I 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.—

II In partic., a chamber-pot, urinal: matula vas urinae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 125 Müll.; Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 39; Hier. Ep. 117, 8.

In the wild

matulam Plautus, Persa 4.3
matulam Plautus, Mostellaria 2.1
matula Plautus, Mostellaria 2.1
matulam Plautus, Amphitruo 4.2
matulam Jerome, Epistulae. Selections. 117.8

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. matula (scan p. 415; entry #6638).

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