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prelum

prelum

Latin

Noun

prēlum n ‎(genitive prēlī); second declension

  1. a press; winepress; oilpress
  2. a press for smoothing clothes

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative prēlum prēla
genitive prēlī prēlōrum
dative prēlō prēlīs
accusative prēlum prēla
ablative prēlō prēlīs
vocative prēlum prēla

References

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *per- ‎(“to hit”). Cognate with Latin premō ‎(“I press”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpreː.lum/, [ˈpreː.ɫũ]

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