torculo
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From torculum + -ō. Attested from the writings of Venantius Fortunatus.
Verb edit
torculō (present infinitive torculāre); first conjugation, no perfect or supine stem (Late Latin)
- to press
Conjugation edit
Descendants edit
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: torchiare
- North Italian:
- Venetian: torcołar
- Borrowings:
- → Italian: torcolare
- Vulgar Latin:
References edit
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “estrujar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 815
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “tŏrcŭlum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 13: To–Tyrus, page 43
Further reading edit
- “torculo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- torculo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette