torcularius

Latin

Etymology

From torcular +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tor.kuˈlaː.ri.us/, [t̪ɔrkʊˈɫ̪äːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tor.kuˈla.ri.us/, [t̪orkuˈläːrius]

Adjective

torculārius (feminine torculāria, neuter torculārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. torcularious

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	torculārius	torculāria	torculārium		torculāriī	torculāriae	torculāria
Genitive	torculāriī	torculāriae	torculāriī		torculāriōrum	torculāriārum	torculāriōrum
Dative	torculāriō		torculāriō		torculāriīs
Accusative	torculārium	torculāriam	torculārium		torculāriōs	torculāriās	torculāria
Ablative	torculāriō	torculāriā	torculāriō		torculāriīs
Vocative	torculārie	torculāria	torculārium		torculāriī	torculāriae	torculāria

Descendants

• English: torcular, torcularious

Noun

torculārius m (genitive torculāriī or torculārī); second declension

1. presser, pressman (of wine or oil)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	torculārius	torculāriī
Genitive	torculāriī torculārī1	torculāriōrum
Dative	torculāriō	torculāriīs
Accusative	torculārium	torculāriōs
Ablative	torculāriō	torculāriīs
Vocative	torculārie	torculāriī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

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