torcular
English
editEtymology
editNoun
edittorcular (plural torculars)
- (archaic) A tourniquet.
Derived terms
editLatin
editNoun
edittorcular n (genitive torculāris); third declension
- press (for wine or oil)
- wine cellar (or room for pressing wine)
Declension
editThird-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | torcular | torculāria |
Genitive | torculāris | torculārium |
Dative | torculārī | torculāribus |
Accusative | torcular | torculāria |
Ablative | torculārī | torculāribus |
Vocative | torcular | torculāria |
Descendants
edit- Vulgar Latin: *troculārem
- → Italian: torcolare
References
edit- “torcular”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- torcular in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “torcular”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “torcular”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin