trapetus Latin · revision 34006

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=234–149 BC, Cato|origins=grc τραπέω}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [traˈpeː.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [traˈpɛː.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''trapētus''' ''m'' (genitive trapētī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

+ There is also a neuter ''trapētum''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ Varro has a Greek plural ''trapētes''.^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|τραπητόν|tr=trapētón|t=olive mill]],^(Wiktionary) a form the OLD gives as [[m|grc|τραπητός|tr=trapētós]].^(OLD 2012) The Greek word comes from [[m|grc|τραπέω|tr=trapéō|t=to tread grapes]].^(Georges 1913)^(Saalfeld 1874)^(Wiktionary) Wiktionary and Köbler trace that verb to [[ine-pro|*trep-]].^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cato uses it first, and many times, in ''De Agricultura''.^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a mill for crushing olives before pressing.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) Virgil uses it in the ''Georgics'', and Pliny the Elder uses it too.^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Columella and Ulpian in the ''Digest'' use a neuter ''trapētum'', and Varro a Greek plural ''trapētes''.^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato of the olive mill.^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of the plural ''trapētes''.^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil in the ''Georgics''.^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella of the neuter ''trapētum''.^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An olive [[m|en|mill]], a mill for crushing olives; an oil press.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}