torculus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

torcŭlus, a, um, adj. [torcular], of or belonging to a press, = torcularius.

I Adj. : vasa, Cato R. R. 1, 4; 11, 1; 14, 2: funis, id. ib. 14, 68 (?); 135, 3.—

II Subst.: torcŭ-lum , i, n., = torcular, I., a press , Varr. R. R. 1, 55, 7; id. ap. Non. 47, 23; Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 317; Plin. Ep. 9, 20, 2.