torcular

English

Etymology

Latin torcular

Noun

torcular (plural torculars)

  1. (archaic) A tourniquet.

Latin

Noun

torcular n (genitive torculāris); third declension

  1. press (for wine or oil)
  2. wine cellar (or room for pressing wine)

Inflection

Third declension neuter “pure” i-stem.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative torcular torculāria
Genitive torculāris torculārium
Dative torculārī torculāribus
Accusative torcular torculāria
Ablative torculārī torculāribus
Vocative torcular torculāria

References

  • torcular in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • torcular in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • torcular in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • torcular in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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