compressas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →compresso, compressare, compressavi, compressatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
press; oppress;
sg. pres. act. ind. 2nd - Entry →compressus, compressa -um, compressior -or -us, compressissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Bio/medical
constricted/narrow/pressed together; bound/tight (bowels), constipated, binding;
acc. pl. (f.) - Entry →comprimo, comprimere, compressi, compressus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
press/squeeze together, fold, crush; hem/shut/keep/hold in; copulate (male);; suppress/control/stifle/frustrate/subdue/cow, put down; hold breath; silence;
acc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- T
Epidicus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...erili argentum. eo sororem destinat Imprudens iuvenis. compressae ac militis Cognoscit opera sibi senex os sublitum — Vt ille..." - A
Liber III
Aulus Gellius
"...lenones nec Condalium nec Anus Plauti nec Bis compressa nec Boeotia unquam fuit neque adeo Agroecus neque Commorientes..." - T
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...modis quae possint indupedita exiguis tamen inter se compressa teneri. haec faciunt primum parvas consistere nubes; inde..." - L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...magis, donec omni aere excluso in se tota compressa est, et umor qui fuerat, lapis effectus..." - L
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...duabus manibus inter se iunctis aquam concipere et compressa utrimque palma in modum siponis exprimere. Simile quiddam..." - L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...corpus, incerta uerba subitis exclamationibus, trementia labra interdumque compressa et dirum quiddam exsibilantia. 3. Ferarum mehercules, siue illas..." - L
de Vita Beata
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...quotiens aliquid ex illo proferetur oraculo, intenti et compressa uoce audiatis. 8. Cum sistrum aliquis concutiens ex imperio..." - T
Truculentus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...miles advenit Natique causa dat propensa munera. Tandem compressae pater cognoscit omnia, Vtque illam ducat qui vitiarat convenit..."
