compressisses
Dictionary entries
- 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;
sg. pluperf. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
Aulularia
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...siquidem ita est ut praedicas, te eam compressisse vinulentum virginem. LYC. Egone ut te advorsum mentiar, mater..."Hecyra
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...dicat. homo se fatetur vi in via nescioquam compressisse, dicitque sese illi anulum, dum luctat, detraxisse. eum haec..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...decus istud et claritudo sit subvenisse Romano nomini, compressisse Germaniae populos. tua, dive Auguste, caelo recepta mens..."