Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Sportella

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

SPORTEL'LA (σπυρίδιον). Diminutive of SPORTA; especially a small basket in which cakes, fruit, and eatables were handed round at table. Pet. Sat. 40. 3. Cic. Fam. ix. 20. Suet. Dom. 4.