Factorium
Factorium an oil-press (Pallad. 11.10, 1), so called from the factor, who pressed the olives (Cat. Agr. 64, 1; 66, 1). The name factum was given to the oil pressed out at one making (Varr. R. R. 1.24, 3).
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.