press (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Act of pressing, in fig. senseII. A machine1. prēlum (most gen. term)2. torcŭlar, āris, n. (for making wine or oil)3. pressōrium (late and rare) • press (subs.): I. Act of pressing, in fig. sense: v. pressure. II. A machine: 1. prēlum (most gen. term): for wine or oil, Cato: Col.: Virg. Esp. in mod. Latin, the printing-press: to send (a work) to the p., prelo subjicere, Ruhnk. (Kr.): to be in the p., sub prelo esse, Kr.: to issue from the p., prelo exire: see also to print, publish. 2. torcŭlar, āris, n. (for making wine or oil): Plin. 18, 26, 62: Vitr.: Col. Also, torcularium, Cato. 3. pressōrium (late and rare): Amm. Phr.: an error of the p., *mendum s. erratum typographicum; vitium typographicum (a stronger expr.); also *sphalma preli: a book full of errors of the p., *liber mendosissimus, mendis typographicis creberrimus. Meton.: a free p., *jus omnia, quaecunque scribuntur, in publicum edendi; libertas scripta omnia in publicum edendi, s. publicandi: in that country the p. is under control, *nemini illic scripta publicare licet nisi potestate per litteras data.