comprimendis
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. pl. fut. pass. part.dat. pl. fut. pass. part.
Examples
- T
Liber XXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...fuit summotique hostes sunt. et quia multis locis comprimendi tumultus erant qui temere oriebantur, placuit omnes qui dictatores..." - P
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..."