trappito

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Neapolitan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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Alternative forms

(Beneventan dialect) trappino

Noun

trappito m (plural trappiti)

  1. mole (animal)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin trapētus, 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).

Noun

trappito m (plural trappiti)

  1. oil mill, especially for olive oil

References

  • Greco, Domenico Ruggiero (1856) Nuovo vocabolario Domestico-Italiano (in Italian), Naples: Gabriele Rondinella, page 518