comprimendos
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. pl. fut. pass. part.
Examples
Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quam foris apparebat. Appi violentiam aptiorem rati ad comprimendos urbanos motus: in Fabio minus in bono constans quam..."Liber I
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...nova trepidus rex pergeret Romam ad comprimendos motus, flexit viam Brutus—senserat enim adventum—ne obvius fieret; eodemque..."Agricola
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...erat paucis lucrosum fieret. Haec primo statim anno comprimendo egregiam famam paci circumdedit, quae vel incuria vel intolerantia..."