compressu
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;
abl. sg. - Entry →compressus, compressus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
compression, pressure; closing, pressing together; embracing/copulation;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
- T
Truculentus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Athenas Atticas viso, quam gravidam hic reliqui meo compressu, quid ea agat. PHRON. Vide quis loquitur tam propinque..." - T
Epidicus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Epidauro primus pudicitiam pepulit. PER. Quae meo compressu peperit filiam quam domi nunc habeo. quid si adeam — PHIL..." - T
Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...corporis cepit sibi, et gravidam fecit is eam compressu suo. nunc de Alcumena ut rem teneatis rectius, utrimque..." - P
Adelphoe
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...ducturum domum. ignotumst, tacitumst, creditumst. uirgo ex eo compressu grauidast facta (hic mensis decumus est). ille bonus..."
