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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=prelum preli N N :: [[wine or oil-press]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>prēlum</b>: ([[prae]]-), i, n. [[premo]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[press]].<br /><b>I</b> A [[press]]-[[beam]] for [[pressing]] grapes, olives, etc.; also, meton., a [[wine]]-[[press]], [[oil]]-[[press]] ([[class]].), [[Cato]], R. R. 31: cola prelorum, Verg. G. 2, 242 (prela [[trabes]] sunt, quibus uva jam [[calcata]] premitur, Serv.); Vitr. 6, 9; Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 317; Dig. 19, 2, 19.—<br /><b>II</b> A [[press]] for smoothing [[clothes]]: tua collucent prela lacernis, Mart. 2, 46, 3; cf. id. 11, 8, 5.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>prēlum</b>,¹² ī, n., pressoir : [[Cato]] Agr. 31 ; Virg. G. 2, 242 ; Plin. 18, 77 &#124;&#124; [[presse]] [qui comprime les étoffes] : Mart. 2, 46, 3.||[[presse]] [qui comprime les étoffes] : Mart. 2, 46, 3.
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{{Georges
|georg=prēlum, ī, n. ([[premo]]), die [[Presse]], I) die [[Kelter]], [[Cato]] r. r. 31, 2. Verg. georg. 2, 242. Hor. carm. 1, 20, 9. – II) die [[Rolle]] zum Glätten der Kleider, Mart. 2, 46, 3; 11, 8, 5. Claud. epith. Pallad. 101.
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