The Romans had a staggering range of vocabulary to describe
different types of pots, dishes, drinking vessels and kitchen utensils. Dictionary
definitions can be quite vague, and attested examples do not always convey what
the author specifically has in mind. Moreover, descriptions of artefacts in,
for example, museums and auction houses are not always consistent. The
vocabulary here focusses mainly on nouns although some verbs are used to give
examples.
[1] kitchen utensils: items that existed in Ancient Rome as
opposed to, for example, electrical devices which we’ll deal with separately
[i]
vāsa coquīnāria: cooking utensils; vāsum, -ī [2/n]: [i]
vessel; [ii] tool
cōlum, -ī [2/n]: strainer; colander
li(n)gula, -ae [1/f]: spoon; ladle
spatha, -ae [1/f]: any broad, wooden instrument used for
stirring liquids; spatula
[ii]
mortrārium, -ī [2/n]: mortar
pistillum, -ī [2/n]: pestle
comminuō, -ere, -uī, comminūtus [3]: crush; pulverise; pound
rādula, -ae [1/f]: grater
terō, -ere, trīvī, trītus
[3]: rub; wear out; grind
[iii]
rudicula, -ae [1/f]: wooden spoon; spatula; also used in
Neo-Latin to refer to a whisk
rudiculā ligneā ¦ (per)agitō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus [1]: stir (thoroughly)
¦ with a wooden spoon
[2] pots, pans
three words used to refer to a frying pan:
fretāle, -is [3/m]
frixōrium, -ī [2/m]
sartāgō, sartāginis [3/f]
cācabus (caccabus), -ī [2/m]: cooking pot
operculum, -ī [2/n]: lid
ōlla, -ae [1/f]: pot (for cooking or food storage)
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