LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neuterthird declension

torcular

torcular n (genitive torculāris)

Meaning

  1. neuterpress (for wine or oil)
    et implēbuntur horrea tua saturitāte et vīnō torculāria redundābuntAnd thy barns shall be filled with abundance, and thy presses shall run over with wine. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Proverbs.3.10
  2. neuterwine cellar (or room for pressing wine)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativetorculartorculāria
genitivetorculāristorculārium
dativetorculārītorculāribus
accusativetorculartorculāria
ablativetorculārītorculāribus
vocativetorculartorculāria

torcŭlar, āris, n. torqueo.
I. A press used in making wine or oil, Vitr. 6, 9; Plin. 18, 26, 62, § 230.—
II. A cellar for storing up oil, an oil-cellar, Col. 1, 6, 18; 12, 52, 10 sq.; Plin. 15, 1, 2, § 6; 15, 3, 3, § 10.

Origins

From torculus + -ar, from torqueō.

Descendants
  • Spanishtrujalfrom Vulgar Latin *troculārem
  • Italiantorcolare
  • Old Catalantrullarfrom Vulgar Latin *troculārem

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesTorcularTorcular or TORCULUM, a press for making wine or oil: in Greek, πιεστήρ, πιεστήριον, or, generally, ληνός which strictly means the vat in which the fr…

Quick answers

What does torcular mean in Latin?
torcular, a noun, means “press (for wine or oil); wine cellar (or room for pressing wine)”.
What is the genitive of torcular?
The genitive singular is torculāris. torcular is neuter, third declension.