trapetus

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τραπητόν (trapētón), derived from τραπέω (trapéō, “to squeeze”), related to τρέπω (trépō, “to turn (a press)”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *trep- (“to turn”).

Pronunciation

Noun

trapētus m (genitive trapētī); second declension

  1. olive oil mill

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative trapētus trapētī
genitive trapētī trapētōrum
dative trapētō trapētīs
accusative trapētum trapētōs
ablative trapētō trapētīs
vocative trapēte trapētī

Descendants

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: trappeto
    • Neapolitan: trappito

References

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