pressorium
Latin
Etymology
From premō (“to squeeze, press”, supine stem in press-) + -tōrium.
Noun
pressōrium n (genitive pressōriī or pressōrī); second declension
- press (especially for grapes)
- 380 CE – 392 CE, Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae XXVIII.IV.19:
- Dein cum a Silvani lavacro vel Mamaeae aquis ventitant sospitalibus, ut quisquam eorum egressus, tenuissimis se terserit linteis, solutis pressoriis, vestes luce nitentes ambigua diligenter explorat, quae una portantur sufficientes ad induendos homines undecim: tandemque electis aliquot involutus, receptis anulis quos (ne violentur humoribus) famulo tradidit, digitis ut metatis abit.
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- Dein cum a Silvani lavacro vel Mamaeae aquis ventitant sospitalibus, ut quisquam eorum egressus, tenuissimis se terserit linteis, solutis pressoriis, vestes luce nitentes ambigua diligenter explorat, quae una portantur sufficientes ad induendos homines undecim: tandemque electis aliquot involutus, receptis anulis quos (ne violentur humoribus) famulo tradidit, digitis ut metatis abit.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pressōrium | pressōria |
| genitive | pressōriī pressōrī1 |
pressōriōrum |
| dative | pressōriō | pressōriīs |
| accusative | pressōrium | pressōria |
| ablative | pressōriō | pressōriīs |
| vocative | pressōrium | pressōria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
References
- "pressorium", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “pressorium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers