prelum

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *preslom, from Proto-Indo-European *pres- (“to press”). Cognate with Latin premō (“I press”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpreː.lum/, [ˈpreːɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpre.lum/, [ˈprɛːlum]

Noun

prēlum n (genitive prēlī); second declension

a press; winepress; oilpress
a press for smoothing clothes

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	prēlum	prēla
Genitive	prēlī	prēlōrum
Dative	prēlō	prēlīs
Accusative	prēlum	prēla
Ablative	prēlō	prēlīs
Vocative	prēlum	prēla

References

“prelum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
prelum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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