compressus, compressa -um, compressior -or -us, compressissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Bio/Medical
constricted/narrow/pressed together; bound/tight (bowels), constipated, binding;
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | compressus | compressi |
| Gen. | compressi | compressorum |
| Dat. | compresso | — |
| Acc. | compressum | compressos |
| Voc. | compresse | compressi |
| Abl. | compresso | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | compressa | compressae |
| Gen. | compressae | compressarum |
| Dat. | compressae | — |
| Acc. | compressam | compressas |
| Voc. | compressa | compressae |
| Abl. | compressa | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | compressum | compressa |
| Gen. | compressi | compressorum |
| Dat. | compresso | — |
| Acc. | compressum | compressa |
| Voc. | compressum | compressa |
| Abl. | compresso | — |
comparative
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | compressius | compressiora |
| Gen. | compressioris | — |
| Acc. | compressius | compressiora |
| Voc. | compressius | compressiora |
superlative
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | compressissimus | compressissimi |
| Gen. | compressissimi | compressissimorum |
| Dat. | compressissimo | — |
| Acc. | compressissimum | compressissimos |
| Voc. | compressissime | compressissimi |
| Abl. | compressissimo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | compressissima | compressissimae |
| Gen. | compressissimae | compressissimarum |
| Dat. | compressissimae | — |
| Acc. | compressissimam | compressissimas |
| Voc. | compressissima | compressissimae |
| Abl. | compressissima | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | compressissimum | compressissima |
| Gen. | compressissimi | compressissimorum |
| Dat. | compressissimo | — |
| Acc. | compressissimum | compressissima |
| Voc. | compressissimum | compressissima |
| Abl. | compressissimo | — |
Examples
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...lustra fugit dominoque timentem urget equum teneras compressus pectore tigres quas astu rapuit pavido, dum saeva relictis mater..."- P
Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...lustralibus extis. Postquam exempta fames et amor compressus edendi, rex Evandrus ait: 'non haec sollemnia nobis..." - P
Aeneid II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...poenas cum sanguine poscunt?' quo gemitu conversi animi compressus et omnis impetus. hortamur fari quo sanguine cretus, quidve..."