comprimendi
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;
gen. sg. fut. pass. part.gen. sg. fut. pass. part.nom. pl. fut. pass. part.voc. pl. fut. pass. part.
Examples
Liber XXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...fuit summotique hostes sunt. et quia multis locis comprimendi tumultus erant qui temere oriebantur, placuit omnes qui dictatores..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...Aeduos maior moles exorta quanto civitas opulentior et comprimendi procul praesidium. Augustodunum caput gentis armatis cohortibus Sacrovir occupaverat..."