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
Truculentus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Athenas Atticas viso, quam gravidam hic reliqui meo compressu, quid ea agat. PHRON. Vide quis loquitur tam propinque..."Epidicus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Epidauro primus pudicitiam pepulit. PER. Quae meo compressu peperit filiam quam domi nunc habeo. quid si adeam — PHIL..."Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...corporis cepit sibi, et gravidam fecit is eam compressu suo. nunc de Alcumena ut rem teneatis rectius, utrimque..."Adelphoe
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...ducturum domum. ignotumst, tacitumst, creditumst. uirgo ex eo compressu grauidast facta (hic mensis decumus est). ille bonus..."
