LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

trapētus

trapētus m (genitive trapētī)
Classical[traˈpeː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[traˈpɛː.tus]

Meaning

  1. olive oil mill
    Venit hiems: teritur Sicyonia baca trapetis, glande sues laeti redeunt, dant arbuta silvae; et varios ponit fetus autumnus et alteTranslation by James B. Greenough Winter is come: in olive-mills they bruise The Sicyonian berry; acorn-cheered The swine troop homeward; woods their arbutes yield; So, various fruit sheds Autumn, and high up On sunny rocks the mellowing vintage bakes.c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Vergilius, Georgicon 2.519

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativetrapētustrapētī
genitivetrapētītrapētōrum
dativetrapētōtrapētīs
accusativetrapētumtrapētōs
ablativetrapētōtrapētīs
vocativetrapētetrapētī

trăpētus, i, m., = τραπητός,
I. an olivemill, oil-mill, Cato, R. R. 20, 1; 20, 12; 22, 3; Verg. G. 2, 519; Plin. 15, 6, 6, § 23.—Collat. form trăpētum, i, n., = τραπητόν, Col. 12, 52, 6; Dig. 19, 2, 19, § 2.—And plur.: trăpētes, um, m., = τράπητες, Varr. L. L. 4, § 138 Müll.; id. R. R. 1, 55, 5; Cato, R. R. 18, 2.

Origins

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”).

Elsewhere
  • Catalantrapeigfrom Mozarabic *trapíč
  • Catalantrapitxfrom Mozarabic *trapíč
  • Catalantrepitjarfrom Mozarabic *trapíč
  • Spanishtrapichefrom Mozarabic *trapíč
  • Englishtrapichefrom Mozarabic *trapíč
  • Portuguesetrapichefrom Mozarabic *trapíč
Italo-Romance
  • Italiantrappeto
  • Neapolitantrappito

Quick answers

What does trapētus mean in Latin?
trapētus, a noun, means “olive oil mill”.
What is the genitive of trapētus?
The genitive singular is trapētī. trapētus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce trapētus?
In classical Latin, [traˈpeː.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [traˈpɛː.tus].