compressos
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;
acc. pl. (m.) - 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. - Entry →compressus, compressus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
compression, pressure; closing, pressing together; embracing/copulation;
gen. sg.
Examples
- L
Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...ignem efferunt, siue emicuit aliquid et fugit siue compresso aere et in ardorem coacto loco miraculi stetit..." - L
Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...aquam modo recipi in commissuras pauimento recedente, modo compresso bullire et elidi. Eundem audiui narrantem uidisse se macerias..." - L
Liber V
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...conceptus aquarum inertium uastos, pares nostris nec compressos quidem terra supereminente sed liberae laxitatis, non sine horrore uisos..." - L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...hiems, aestas prohibebitur, et quodcumque terras sidus exsiccat, compresso ardore cessabit. Peribunt tot nomina, Caspium et Rubrum mare..." - T
Liber XXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...haud magno motu intra paucos dies concito et compresso, in Africam omnis terror uersus. C. Laelius nocte..."
