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