prelum
From LSJ
Χρυσὸς δ' ἀνοίγει πάντα κἂν ᾍδου (κἀίδου) (καὶ χαλκᾶς) πύλας → Aurum omnia aperit, inferûm portas quoque → Gold öffnet jedes Tor sogar der Unterwelt | Gold öffnet alles, jedes Tor sogar aus Erz
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
prēlum: (prae-), i, n. premo,
I a press.
I 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.—
II A press for smoothing clothes: tua collucent prela lacernis, Mart. 2, 46, 3; cf. id. 11, 8, 5.
