compressus
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;
nom. sg. (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;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →compressus, compressus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
compression, pressure; closing, pressing together; embracing/copulation;
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.nom. sg.voc. pl.voc. sg.
Examples

Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...lustra fugit dominoque timentem urget equum teneras compressus pectore tigres quas astu rapuit pavido, dum saeva relictis mater..."Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...lustralibus extis. Postquam exempta fames et amor compressus edendi, rex Evandrus ait: 'non haec sollemnia nobis..."Aeneid II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...poenas cum sanguine poscunt?' quo gemitu conversi animi compressus et omnis impetus. hortamur fari quo sanguine cretus, quidve..."
