compressis
Dictionary entries
- 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;
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all) - 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;
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Phormio
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...suspenso gradu placide ire perrexi accessi astiti, animam compressi, aurem admovi: ita animum coepi attendere, hoc modo sermonem..."Liber XII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...pedit deciesque viciesque. Sed quamvis sibi caverit crepando, Compressis natibus Iovem salutat. LXXVIII Nil in te scripsi, Bithynice..."VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...ferro vulneribusque resecentur, salvum potest esse languentibus, cum compressi spiritus laborem protinus ille reserati pectoris meatus emittat, sanguis..."Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...regnis, unde genus ducis. merui quoque; saepe furores compressi et rabiem tantam caelique marisque. nec minor in terris..."In Catilinam I
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...consulem in campo et competitores tuos interficere voluisti, compressi conatus tuos nefarios amicorum praesidio et copiis nullo tumultu..."de Bello Alexandrino
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...enim sibi regnum ipsum conspectu Caesaris esse iucundius. Compressis pueri lacrimis Caesar ipse commotus celeriter, si illa sentiret..."Liber XXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...bellum ex Apulia in Etruriam transferret. eo metu compressi Etrusci quieuerunt. Tarentinorum legatis pacem petentibus cum libertate..."Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...intervalla ordinum suorum principes et hastatos recepissent, extemplo compressis ordinibus velut claudebant vias unoque continenti agmine, iam nulla..."