utensilia

Nominalization of the neuter plural of ūtēnsilis.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [uː.tẽːˈsɪ.li.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [u.t̪enˈsiː.li.a]

ūtēnsilia n pl (genitive ūtēnsilium); third declension

1. (plural only) things for use: utensils, supplies, provisions, materials, gear

   Synonyms: supellex, vāsa, īnstrūmenta

   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 3.42:

     Maius flagitium in Algido, maior etiam clades accepta; castra quoque amissa erant, exutusque omnibus utensilibus miles Tusculum se, fide misericordiaque uicturus hospitum, quae tamen non fefellerunt, contulerat.

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Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem), plural only.

ūtēnsilia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of ūtēnsilis

• Vulgar Latin: *usitilium, -a (see there for further descendants)
• Old French: utensile, ustensile (Influenced by user)
  • French: ustensile
  • → Middle English: utensyl
    • → English: utensil
• → Galician: utensilio
• → Italian: utensile
• → Portuguese: utensílio
• → Spanish: utensilio

• “ūtensilĭa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “utensilia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• utensilia in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication