torcularium Latin · revision 33766

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=234–149 BC, Cato|origins=ine-pro *torkʷ-eie-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''torculārium''' ''n'' (genitive torculāriī or torculārī); second declension^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the neuter of [[m|la|torculārius|t=of a press]] used as a noun,^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) an adjective [[af|la|torculus|-ārius|t1=of a press]].^(OLD 2012) De Vaan lists it with [[m|la|torculus]] and [[m|la|torculum|t=press]] among the derivatives of [[m|la|torqueō|t=to twist]], which goes back to [[itc-pro|*torkʷ-eie-]] and [[ine-pro|*torkʷ-eie-|t=to twist]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cato has it first, in his book on farming.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a wine or olive press, and also the room that houses it.^(OLD 2012) After Cato, Lewis & Short cite it from Pliny the Elder, and Georges from Columella and Vitruvius.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) It means the same as [[m|la|torcular]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato, of the press on a farm.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius has the noun.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella has the noun.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder has the noun.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A wine or olive [[m|en|press]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

+ # A pressing room.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[torcular]]

+ * [[torculum]]

+ * [[torqueō]]

+ * [[tormentum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}