prelum

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpreː.lum/, [ˈpreːɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpre.lum/, [ˈprɛːlum]

Noun

prēlum n (genitive prēlī); second declension

1. a press; winepress; oilpress
2. 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.