comprimendam
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;
acc. sg. fut. pass. part.
Examples
Liber XXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quod et ante acciderat, Numidarum esse, ad comprimendam seditionem processit. atque ille cum ei multitudo maior quam Numidarum..."Liber II
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...propere consules, P. Servilius et Ap. Claudius, ad comprimendam seditionem intervenissent. At in eos multitudo versa ostentare vincula..."