prelum
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Latin > English
prelum preli N N :: wine or oil-press
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
prēlum,¹² ī, n., pressoir : Cato Agr. 31 ; Virg. G. 2, 242 ; Plin. 18, 77 || presse [qui comprime les étoffes] : Mart. 2, 46, 3.
Latin > German (Georges)
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.
