trapetus

Latin

Alternative forms

• trapētum n pl
• trapētes m pl (from *τράπητες (*trápētes))

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /traˈpeː.tus/, [t̪räˈpeːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /traˈpe.tus/, [t̪räˈpɛːt̪us]

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
• Mozarabic: *trapíč
  • → Catalan: trapeig
  • → Spanish: trapiche
    • → English: trapiche
    • → Portuguese: trapiche

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.