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|lshtext=<b>pistrīnum</b>: (pristrīnum, Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 15 Ritschl; id. Ps. 5, 1, 9 Fleck.), i, n. [[pistor]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[place]] [[where]] [[corn]] is pounded, a pounding-[[mill]], [[mill]]; [[usually]] worked by horses or asses; [[but]] [[sometimes]] a [[lazy]] or [[otherwise]] [[bad]] [[slave]] [[was]] [[forced]] to [[perform]] this [[labor]] (cf. [[mola]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: ut [[ferratus]] in pistrino aetatem conteras, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 11: in [[pistrinum]] tradi, id. Most. 1, 1, 16: in pristrino [[credo]], ut convenit [[fore]], id. Ps. 5, 1, 9: te in [[pistrinum]], Dave, dedam [[usque]] ad necem, Ter. And. 1, 2, 28: oratorem in judicium, [[tamquam]] in aliquod [[pistrinum]], detrudi et compingi videbam, Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 46; Pall. 1, 42.—As a [[term]] of [[reproach]], of [[bad]] slaves: pristrinorum [[civitas]], Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 15.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Because [[bread]] [[was]] [[usually]] [[baked]] at the [[mill]], a [[bakery]]: exercere [[pistrinum]], Suet. Aug. 4: aliquem in [[pistrinum]] submittere, Sen. Ep. 90, 22; [[swine]] were fed [[there]] [[upon]] the [[bran]], Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 27.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[wearisome]], [[oppressive]] [[labor]], [[drudgery]]: [[tibi]] [[mecum]] in [[eodem]] est pistrino, Crasse, vivendum, Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 144.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>pistrīnum</b>,¹³ ī, n. ([[pinso]]),<br /><b>1</b> moulin : Pl. ; Ter.; in [[pistrinum]] tradere, dedere Pl. Most. 17 ; Ter. Andr. 199, envoyer au moulin (condamner à tourner la meule), cf. Cic. de Or. 1, 46 &#124;&#124; [fig.] [[tibi]] [[mecum]] in [[eodem]] [[est]] pistrino vivendum Cic. de Or. 2, 144, il nous faudra tous deux traîner le même boulet<br /><b>2</b> boulangerie, [[pistrinum]] exercere Suet. Aug. 4 ; Apul. M. 9, 4, être boulanger.||[fig.] [[tibi]] [[mecum]] in [[eodem]] [[est]] pistrino vivendum Cic. de Or. 2, 144, il nous faudra tous deux traîner le même boulet<br /><b>2</b> boulangerie, [[pistrinum]] exercere Suet. Aug. 4 ; Apul. M. 9, 4, être boulanger.
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